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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… on the part of UNEP concerning the legal status of any country, territory or city or its authorities, or concerning … involved in the field of fresh and marine water and has developed a number of programmes and instruments, including … “Local” generally connotes a smaller subdivision, often at least partially under a regional government’s authority. …
The Tacaná Watersheds - Developing untapped potential: Strengthening resilience through cross-sectoral collaboration
… Rockefeller Foundation concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … Microwatershed councils. Through WANI, the Tacaná project developed a water planning and community management model … watershed management at different scales. In Mexico, at least two of the Microwatershed committees are now …
Water Management and Stewardship
… in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries. ODI has more than 230 staff, including … the part of IUCN or ODI concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … recommended by the international NGO, WWF, are not (at least to-date) accompanied with published reports of which …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… for sustainabil ity iii Acknowledgements This paper was developed by the Division of Environmental Law and … the legal front, watercourse treaties have existed for at least 5000 years. Indeed, the first recorded treaty of any … and hydropower development. It has focal points in each country, the National Mekong Committees, that coordinate work …
GEO yearbook 2003
… on the part of UNEP concerning the legal status of any country, territory or city or its authorities, or concerning … The GEO Year Book series, part of a set of products developed within UNEP’s GEO process for integrated … target of significantly improving the lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers by 2020 (UN-HABITAT 2004). …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or its authorities, or … not sustainable Global abstraction of groundwater has at least tripled over the last 50 years. Groundwater levels have … Groundwater is a vulnerable resource. As schemes are developed to pump out huge quantities of water, and with the …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or … have recognised the non-consumptive use of water and developed special domestic legislation to provide for it. A … the brown trout at 1995 levels’, ‘preserving at least 75% of downstream mangrove forests’, or ‘maintaining …
The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers
… several coun- tries, organizations and initiatives have developed working definitions.9 The Millen- nium Project,10 … were given individual instructions and a hypothetical, country-specific, negotiating mandate and were guided by … a ‘double-blind’ basis by in- ternational experts from at least two different countries for each paper – the process …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… iiiacKnoWleDGeMents Acknowledgements This publication was developed by the Division of Environmental Law and … and effluent discharge permits. The Act also empowers the country’s water minister to establish ‘safe yields’ when … the result could be measured in lives saved or, at least, improved human conditions. Given that capitalism has …
Global Land Outlook
… (UNCCD) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or … has shifted many natural resource pressures from the developed to developing countries, where the direct effects … of civil wars over the past 70 years that indicate that at least 40 per cent are linked to the contested control or use …