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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… to, inter alia, sustainable development, intergenerational equity, human health, basic human water needs, and even … is strongly related to the concept of intergenerational equity. This notion essentially mandates equity among all generations, including those yet unborn, in …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… upgraded legal frameworks, it ensures consistency and equity in support of environment policies. The UNEP Water … degradation; 3. the principle of inter generational equity—that the present generation should ensure that the … the fundamental principles of the Act. Sustainability and equity are identified as central guiding principles in the …
Water Management and Stewardship
… capital including the combination/configuration of ‘equity’ and loan finance provided, respectively, by … the structure of the company’s balance sheet, including equity-debt ratio; how much is taken out of the company in … sets out aims in terms of transparency, accountability and equity. The first intended outcome of water stewardship is …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… vulnerabilities. Policy prin- ciples include efficiency, equity, sustainability, public participation, transparency, … economic efficiency, ecosystem sus- tainability and social equity. Exploitation and protection of the resource must … also other resources, including social and human capital • equity – that both benefits and costs are shared and a …
The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers
… interdependence; inter-generational and intra-generational equity; re- sponsibility for transboundary harm; … urgency to deal constructively with establishing dynamic equity, but also in the lessons to be learned that may have … 6 May 2015). 149 Pieter van der Zaag, ‘Asymmetry and Equity in Water Resources Management: Critical Institutional …
Global Land Outlook
… by responsibility: increased security of tenure, gender equity, and appropriate incentives and rewards are essential … achieving more secure rights in terms of tenure, gender equity, and social justice, will be an essential step to … Daily, G.C. 2012. Securing natural capital and expanding equity to rescale civilization. Nature 486: 68-73. 31 Nkonya, …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… Precaution, and Intra- and Inter-generational Equity), and the ecosystem approach. Together these … waters.57 The factors to be considered in determining equity in allocations are similar to those in the 1997 U.N. … for the benefit of future generations/intergenerational equity; 2. The aim of exploiting natural resources in a …
GEO yearbook 2003
… Development. However, the focus remains on promoting equity as a goal in itself, rather than on a deeper … Hartmann 2004). The synergies between the goals of gender equity, poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability … tools. These include measures geared at improving equity such as legislation for gender-balanced quotas and …