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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… many parts of the world, communities actually compete with nature for dwindling supplies, to the detriment of both. Most … many parts of the world, communities actually compete with nature for dwindling supplies, to the detriment of both. Most … imposes safeguards to ensure that the base amount of the reserve is never allocated or applied to other uses. Hence, …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is … sustainable. http: //www.iucn.org About the IUCN Water & Nature Initiative The IUCN Water and Nature Initiative is a … entitlements may be reduced to provide water to the ‘Reserve’, which is held and managed on behalf of the public …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… Copyright: © 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of this publication … for ecosystems dependent on groundwater (‘groundwater-for-nature’) and those that sustain recharge of groundwater … on groundwater resources, when they occur, to protect the reserve and ensure sustainability for beneficial purposes, …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… of actions. All three components stress the cross-sectoral nature of water issues. UNEP has long been involved in the … fossil fuels has focused the minds of many on the finite nature of our resource base. However, something much greater … fish or other aquatic ecosystems, livestock or wild life. Reserve: (South Africa): “Reserve'' means the quantity and …
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Global Land Outlook

… recommended by UNCCD in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this … of natural capital, where land was seen as a free gift of nature. The scenario analysis carried out for this Outlook … near-surface sedimentary layers and associated groundwater reserve, the plant and animal populations (biodiversity), the …
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Sources of international water law

… 1.2.1.1 African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources - Algiers, 15 September 1968 … under its sovereignty or authority. A State which does not reserve the above-mentioned transport to its own flag may, … waterway of international concern, other than dues in the nature of payment for services rendered and intended solely …
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Aspects contemporains du droit de l'environnement en Afrique de l'ouest et centrale

… ©2008 Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature et de ses ressources La reproduction de cette … • Markus Kahlenberg conçue par: Photo couverture: La nature porte l’empreinte de sa fragile coexistence avec … du Code de Conduite 114 C. Deux initiatives de nature différente mais complémentaires 117 II. Le cadre …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… The paper pre- sents arguments generally on the nature of conflict over water, be such conflict in- … or local. Part IV of the Review reflects the interactive nature of the Course – and that educa- tion and dissemination … Centre of Plant Endemism; and that no ‘ecological reserve’ had been determined as required by the National Wa- …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… (IKI) or the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) … (IKI). The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) … water law provides for a “basic human needs and ecological reserve” that must be determined at a catchment level for …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 2.10.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) … of society, including indigenous people. The robust nature of these activities reflects an appreciation for the … to reverse.314 Also, groundwater is seen as a strategic reserve because the quality of the water due to …
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