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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… GreeninG of Water laWiv List of Acronyms CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CMS Convention on the Conservation of … these are but a few of the numerous examples of the contamination of global freshwater resources. 29 J.S. … ecosystem services. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal. Technical Series no. 50, at …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… embracing water resources, forest resources, land use, biological communities and mineral resources. The language in … may be plentiful but unsuitable for human use because of contamination. This problem is becoming more serious, … their associated ecosystems, ecological processes and biological diversity and their water quality, and 3. to …
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Global Land Outlook

… manage the quality of the land, striving to balance its biological and economic productivity. It is the sum total of … Convention to Combat Desertification CBD Convention on Biological Diversity UNFCCC United Nations Framework … lead to problems such as subsidence, soil erosion, and contamination of water resources.62 The extraction of …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… of marine plankton could have significant impacts on the biological systems in the oceans in ways we are only … of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 7), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, … 2004, UNEP 2003a and b). There is concern over radioactive contamination. Depleted uranium, used in the wars of 1991 and …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… (Basel Convention).................68 4.1.2. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) … African Ministers’ Council on Water CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CEPA Ramsar Communication, Education, … inhabit or require for their migration.242 In addition, contamination of a land-based habitat by waterborne pollution …
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The human right to water and sanitation

… of natural resources and in order to promote biological diversity and resilience to climate change, … growing population, increased consumption, recurrent contamination and pollution of water sources, mismanagement …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… It also includes supporting elements that will affect the biological elements, such as channel form, water depth and … with extreme caution.24 (b) Lack of both hydrological and biological data is often a limiting factor, and sometimes … hydrological analysis, hydrau- lic rating information and biological data. They also make significant use of experts. …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… ‘The Negotiating Process Leading to the Convention on Biological Diversity’, Review 2006, 39–50; Tewolde Egziabher, … Djoghlaf, ‘National Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity’, Review 2006, 93–102; Elizabeth Maruma … Art. 4(2)(b)(i). As Böge notes, conflicts over ‘pollution/contamination result from the fact that the upstream riparian …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 5.2 Ecological and biological data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … through the water cycle According to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an “ecosystem” is “a dynamic … effects of extreme weather events, unexpected industrial contamination, and other unforeseen events. Managing flow …
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