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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… Spring Managing groundwater sustainably Edited by Mark Smith, Katharine … Cross, K., Paden, M. and Laban, P. 2016. Spring – Managing groundwater sustainably. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. ISBN … Foreword Editors and authors Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Groundwater Challenges and Risks 1.1 The Urgency for All of …
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Transboundary Aquifers and Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… www.unep.org www.unep.org Transboundary Aquifers and Groundwater Systems of Small Island Developing States Status and Trends SUMMARY FOR POLICY MAKERS VOLUME 1: GROUNDWATER International Hydrological Programme United … and Cultural Organization 2 TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS AND GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES: StatuS …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… Life Years EIA Environmental Impact Assessment GWD Groundwater Directive IGRAC International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre IIL Institute of … 103 7. Controlling groundwater exploitation to ensure their ecosystem support …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… use of fresh water resources, both surface water and groundwater, increasing access to safe drinking water, the … 2. Do not treat groundwater and surface water … includes withdrawals of water from both surface water and groundwater. It also includes in-stream storage of surface …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… availability of the many benefits that healthy river and groundwater systems bring to society. The price of not … and including its wetlands, floodplains and associated groundwater systems. It also means considering environmental, … on. This scenario illustrates a growing reality. River and groundwater systems need water to maintain themselves and …
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Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management

… drylands . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Case Study 5: Improving groundwater recharge in the drylands of Pakistan . . . . . . … Restoring ancient water management systems and arresting groundwater depletion in Pakistan 6. Boosting drought risk … signal (i.e. meteorological drought) to drought in the groundwater and surface water bodies (Xerochore, 2010). Other …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… and the programme of work. For instance, a Core Group on Groundwater was established under the Legal Board to draft, … in water resources management, notably surface water and groundwater, water quantity and quality, and considers … and Central Asia either make no explicit reference to groundwater, or have only a very limited application thereto. …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… global and regional perspectives for sustainabil ity 5 groundwater. In terms of geographic location, two agreements … Indus Waters Treaty44). Most deal with surface water and groundwater; a few deal only with surface water or only with … management of over 300 basin tributaries and the basin’s groundwater resources. The Danube Convention established the …
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Global Land Outlook

… the near-surface sedimentary layers and associated groundwater reserve, the plant and animal populations … in gold extraction69 leads to the pollution of surface and groundwater.70 Renewable energy production also impacts land … 70 Ezeh, H.N. 2010. Assessment of Cu, Pb, Zn, and Cd in groundwater in areas around the derelict Enyigba Mines, south …
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Pangani River Basin, Tanzania - Building consensus on water allocation and climate change adaptation

… environmental flows, climate change, water governance and groundwater is being used in developing an IWRM plan for the … to the Ministry of Water and other basins. In addition, groundwater assessments have been undertaken. All of these … decreased rainfall, decreased river flows, decreased groundwater recharge, a lowered groundwater table and drying …
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