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Pangani River Basin, Tanzania - Building consensus on water allocation and climate change adaptation

… Pangani River Basin, Tanzania Building consensus on water allocation and climate change adaption IUCN WATER PROGRAMME – … was actually available. Prospects for dealing with water allocation and climate change were weak. Therefore, key to … water within the limits of availability, including an allocation to ecosystems. Through understanding environmental …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… to modernize legal regimes governing the management and allocation of freshwater resources. It is based on the … of environmental protection and peaceful management and allocation of freshwater resources. These include the … activities—procedures and programs that encompass the use, allocation, conservation, and regulation of freshwater …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… low flows and floods. Restrictive flow management involves allocation policies that ensure that enough water is left in … activities and thereby largely determine a system of water allocation. Understanding these is a critical step to … Government. They hold the authorities responsible for the allocation of the river’s resources and demand from it the …
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Water Management and Stewardship

… 94 5.3 Market allocation mechanisms … ‘licence to operate’ (an entitlement to its existing water allocation at any given location, with the possibility to … to intensify water stress. Already, reform of water allocation arrangements is a ‘dynamic policy area’, even in …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 4.2 Distribution and allocation regulations in the 2002 Water Charter . . . . . . … likely to be affected by climate change, including water allocation, implementation and management of water … economic development; delaying decisions on the use and allocation of water until comprehensive studies are conducted …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… water resources and their use,including the equitable allocation of water for beneficial use,the redistribution of … below, more specific examples governing selection of allocation priorities and water management strategies are set out below. (See Sections II. B. 6 [Allocation Principles], II. B. 8 [Management Strategies], and …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… public policy-makers to identify priorities that favour allocation to high-value and high-productivity uses, while … to reduce pumping. Another option for encouraging allocation to higher-value uses is trading of groundwater use … balance, the advantages of a regulated process of resource allocation, steered by government in a transparent way, far …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… The study focused on issues and activities related to the allocation and use of water, pollution control and ecosystem … those involving obstructions or diversions, including allocation of uses, between Canada and the United States. … consent, sometimes involve questions of water usage and allocation.192 UNDRIP provides, for example: 187 1909 …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… extreme, drought situations may put pressure on the water allocation agreed between the ri- parian countries.69 To … of their relations involving freshwater resources: from allocation of water and sharing of benefits to the control of … due to, for instance, the pollution of water or unequal allocation of the water resources. It is also possible that …
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Global Land Outlook

… or local level. In Ghana, a council of elders and land allocation committees are expected to help the customary … requires land use planning to ensure efficient land allocation that promotes sustainable land use options and … through efficient use of water such as the review of water allocation, adopting/reviewing water tariffs, adjusting legal …
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