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… for releasing water and the state of the key water control outlets and structures. The periodic re-licensing of … In the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia, a 1-in-5 year flood event in the Barmah-Millewa Forest is enhan- ced … fish and fibre, and ‘services’ such as water purification, flood mitigation and recreational opportunities. Healthy …

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 3.1 Prevent, control, and reduce transboundary impacts . . . . . . . . . . … and transportation; floodplains and wetlands lower flood peaks in downstream cities; and mangroves, coral reefs, … and as a consequence potentially increasing the risk of flood during the rainy season.29 This may also contribute to …

… Review 2007, 205–212; Michael Kidd, ‘DDT, Malaria Control and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic … for conflict. Mitigating impacts of hydrological extremes, flood management in particular, is an area where good … a legal framework for the assessment and management of flood risks across the EU Member States. The Directive aims …

… and wealth are often still largely determined by the control of, and access to, land. As a result, land is … land by 2030.55 Hydropower developments directly flood large areas, open up new areas for exploitation, and … -100 -50 0 50 100 % pb l.n l High river discharge Flood risk Less More in dryland regions, where for many small …

… prevent or respond to water emergencies, such as drought, flood, or sudden and extreme … diffuse sources, as in the case of agricultural runoff. Control of the latter form of pollution presents particular … a surface or subterranean source,from desalination,rain, flood or other similar sources. Mexico: The provisions hereof …

… society curator, but, if they are so determined to retain control, why are they contemplating entering into … water they abstract until a crisis hits (severe drought or flood, or a major pollution incident) which obliges them to … schedules. 68 When water crises hit, whether drought or flood, the likelihood is that policies that have been in …

… responses moved in parallel. International measures to control invasive marine species and hazardous chemicals, and … enters into force. The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments … to a four-year drought (1999–2002). Following the spring flood in 2004, about 20 per cent of the marshlands were …

… Lehner et al., Estimating The Impact of Global Change on Flood and Drought Risks in Europe: A Continental, Integrated … exotic species are introduced, for fisheries or for pest control purposes, the productivity and the nutrient cycling … ever-increasing demand for irrigation, power, navigation, flood control, and recreation, as well as the sustainable …

… nexus challenges have often been driven by a paradigm of control (i.e. an attempt to achieve stability and durability … run-off and directing it appropriately, for example for flood irrigation as in Yemen, requires different skills and … on a large scale in drylands. For example, reduction in flood plains that restrict grazing zones, or reduction in …

… technical interventions for groundwater management include control of groundwater pumping to sustainable levels, control … infiltration of water from ephemeral rivers or wadis, or flood events recharging floodplain aquifers. “GROUNDWATER-FED … groundwater and arsenic (As) contamination in the alluvial flood plains of Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh and …