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… significant increases in the rate of melting of land and sea ice from the Arctic to Mount Everest to the Antarctic, … for urgent action from governments and the UN to protect deep sea coral and sponge ecosystems. United States Pentagon … 2004). Box 6: Global community urges efforts to protect deep sea ecosystems It is only in the last decade that …

… naturally through springs, rivers and wetlands or into the sea. Intensive abstraction of groundwater, usually by … areas. Examples are rivers and lakes, wet forests and deep- rooted savanna forests. Marshes, swamps and bogs in … often weathered to a depth of 20 meters or more to form a deep soil with groundwater stored in the resulting sands, …

… 90 percent, is locked up in the polar ice caps and in deep groundwater reservoirs that, for economic or 5 E. B. … and human use Most of the remaining freshwater lies too deep underground to be accessible or exists as soil moisture … plume flowed through Hungary and Serbia and into the Black Sea, destroying 70-80% of flora and fauna along the …

… have been possible. It is also apparent that knowledge on deep groundwater resources is lacking in many regions. An … are at higher risk of saltwater contamination from sea level rise, pumping, and wave overwash events. 6. The …

… of pebbles, gravel, and sand flushed down into an ancient sea, buried, solidified, tilted, uplifted, and eroded. For … caught in an unsustainable management spiral is a cause of deep distress. Farmers are trapped between the demands of a … such as insufficient soil drainage and the replacement of deep-rooted vegetation with plants that have a shallow root …

… maxim has always been that "a drop that flows out to sea is a drop wasted." But, downstream, disregard for the … their wetted perimeter to changes in flow than do narrow, deep rivers. In some cases limited field surveys are … other extre- me, lowland river reaches that are narrow and deep are not so sensitive to flow reduction and score 1. …

… comparative law dimensions. I should like to express my deep appreciation of the excellent work that has been carried … matter. Of the remainder, some 13 per cent is contained in deep aquifers located between 800 and 4,000 meters below the … will mean not only higher temperatures but also rising sea levels, altered precipitation patterns, and an increase …

… we cannot fire the smartest mis- siles against rising sea levels’.14 Nor can these threats be overcome by states … (2008) 55–65; Dire Tladi, ‘Marine Genetic Resources on the Deep Seabed: The Continuing Search for a Legally Sound … by the pollution of various media (air, water, land and sea) from different point sources and non-point sources; • …

… of their culture and values, corporate-wide and ‘corporate-deep’, the principles and practices of stewardship as set out … water risks and materiality to our business’, then did a ‘deep dive’ assessment of key locations. Similarly, other … that are not economically exploitable, or flows to the sea. 75 4. What companies do not talk about, or talk about …

… water and coastal areas between 50 metres below mean sea level and 50 metres above the high tide level or … diversity of natural habitat areas such as salt marshes, sea grasses, and mangroves, and a large variety of natural … the winter, an essential process that oxygenates the deep water layer formed during summer months, preventing …