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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… has focused the minds of many on the finite nature of our resource base. However, something much greater than the … forest resources, land use, biological communities and mineral resources. The language in the Guidebook is simple … land? Does it encompass wetlands? What about ephemeral, mineral or thermal springs? Watercourses shared with other …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… Economy Initiative which are central to the delivery of resource- efficient, 21st century economies within the goal … be enhanced through improved health and more sustainable resource exploitation and economic development. The benefits … aquifer or removal of the aquifer matrix (e.g., for its mineral content)—could have considerable detrimental …
Global Land Outlook
… more rational land use allocations that lead to greater resource use efficiency and the reduction of waste; it is … mountain range in Australia are “desert varnish,” part mineral, part microbial coating typical of arid areas. For … Grew, E.S., Downs, R.T., Golden, J., and Hystad, G. 2015. Mineral ecology: Chance and necessity in the mineral …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… to drafting a legal framework for governing the water resource, determining information relating to particular … into Guarani; a law allowing Indigenous Peoples to exploit mineral water;335 creation of national standing committees; … pollution, industrial pollution, pollution from mineral extraction, forests and hazardous chemicals and …
Water Management and Stewardship
… will become obsolete’. In relation to water and natural resource management, that means companies need to show how … water in their operations focussing on adding value to a mineral supply chain was very clear, ‘…the nature of … water. A supplier of bottled water highlighted natural (mineral) water as a special case because the water is not …
GEO yearbook 2003
… and their healing ways; oceans, rivers and waterways; and resource conservation. The 56th session of the International … African Union, Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Kenya Ministry of Energy, UNEP, UNECA, … on the increase again in most countries: oil industries, mineral extraction and power plants are major waste …
Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… as well as effective public administration of the resource, including for compli- ance and enforcement. An … depends on good science, increased finance and water resource management that brings people, sectors and countries … 1.2 Groundwater for Sustainable Development As a hidden resource, the importance of groundwater in social and …
The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers
… reflect the professional backgrounds of the lecturers, resource persons and participants (some of whom are already … sessions. Relevant MEA secretariats have also provided resource persons for the Courses. Between 2004 and 4 The … of 291 lecturers, facilitators and other persons acted as resource per- sons during the Course. 2.2 The annual Review …