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… of natUre Water Management and Stewardship Taking stock of corporate water behaviour Peter Newborne and James … the evolution from own use to shared use. In 2015, the Carbon Trust pointed to businesses simultaneously living in … of detail required before 2009). 8 Formerly called the ‘Carbon Disclosure Project’ but, with its broader remit …

… jeopardize the health and productivity of land: higher carbon emissions and temperatures, changing rainfall … abruptly gained access to what seemed to be an unlimited stock of natural capital, where land was seen as a free gift … require shifts away from resource-intensive production, carbon-intensive processing and transport, land-intensive …

… Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint D1 No. 16-03589/500 1 SummARY FOR POLICY … goals for healthy oceans, such as food provisioning, carbon storage, and tourism. Priority should be given to … harvests more sustainable. Similarly, coastal protection, carbon storage, and biodiversity depend strongly on the …

… in 2004 recorded an unprecedented surge in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. The value of 379 parts per … Calcium carbonate plays an important role in regulating carbon sequestration in oceans. Increased CO2 uptake gives … University, Zurich / Karlsruhe. OECD (2004). Taking stock of environmental management challenges in Eastern …

… FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FIP Forest Investment Program GAS … from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, enhancement of carbon stock, sustainable management of forests, and conservation in …

… is water that does not move through the water cycle. stock pollutants: pollutants that accumulate with little or … rates of evapotranspiration. Planting forests for wood and carbon increases the amount of green water used by forests … metals. POPs are toxic substances composed of organic (carbon- based) chemical compounds and mixtures that persist …

… as flood control, regulation of water flows and supplies, carbon sequestration, nutrient retention, climate regulation, … order to trace the economic implications of changes in the stock of ecosystem resources, flows of ecosystem services, or … ($5.2 million), nutrient cycling ($11.3 million) and carbon sequestration ($27 million). These environmental …

… Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. Water in crisis i The greening of water … purifying water and detoxifying wastes, sequestering carbon, buffering against weather events and climatic … in the composition of the water, damage to the fish stock or substantial scenic deterioration or [usages that] …

… to sediment loading, chemical composition, total organic carbon content, and microbial quality.2 Climate variability … factors such as climate change can adversely affect the stock of services an ecosystem provides. This breakdown in … Component 4 - Develop capacities of basin actors to obtain carbon funds.129 All of the above efforts help pave the way …

… concentrations • Agricultural water use (m3/ha) • Fish stock (kg/m3) • Amounts available (kg/ha/year) • Storage … Groundwater replenishment 10 - 90 Erosion control 20 - 120 Carbon sequestration 130 - 270 2 - 2000 Microclimate … pro- tection and management by paying forest owners for carbon, biodiversity, landscape and watershed services …