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GEO yearbook 2003

… the urban population will form more than half of the total. Almost all population growth in the next 30 years will … 2: Contribution of urban and rural population growth to total population growth 1950–2030 % 50 19 50 –5 5 100 19 60 … which provides about 18 per cent of the US annual fish catch, is subject to an expanding dead Worrying trends in …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… down its operation completely (equivalent to 40% of the total grid power), requiring serious (and expensive) counter … with the former accounting to only about 20% of the catch. In 2013, the families sold some 52 thousand kilograms … to do some angling for a fee of Rs 500 provided they catch less than 5kg (if more, they have to buy it back from …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2.6 Using total economic value to assess water-ecosystem links. . . . . … until these goals are met. Start from a framework of total economic value to determine benefits The total economic value of ecosystems has four components: …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… area of land that drains into a major river, while ‘sub-catch- ments’ or ‘micro-catchments’ are much smaller parts of … length (m) • Barren land (%) • Nitrogen amount (kg/ha) • Total dissolved solids (kg/m3) • Electric conductivity … permits or credits are then allocated by dividing up the allowable overall total among polluters. Industries or …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… formed, often called River Basin Organizations (RBO) or Catch- ment Management Agencies (CMA). Since many river … can be used to ensure the optimum sustainable use of the total water resource. 2.5 What is IWRM? Integrated Water … appropriation zoning or to require well permits in which allowable pumping rates vary with location because of …
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Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters

… world’s population, and cover 62 million km2 (50% of the total land area of the Earth) (TWAP, 2016; Oregon State … so that women from each side are able to obtain their catch without impeding on the others. Representatives from … health: The Freshwater Health Index, Science of the Total Environment, 627:304–313. Von Lossow, T. (2015). Gender …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… Water stress can be measured as follows: low (10% loss of total available water), moderate (loss of 10 to 20%), medium … of 20 to 40%) and high (more than 40% of the total available water having disappeared).Global Environment … a community of law, • whose essential features are that of total equality between all co-riparian States along the …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… Native fish, once providing both food and commercial catch, are now on the brink of extinction. Inedible intro- … DRIFT study will probably cost less than 1% of the total cost of many dams. 2.5.3 Catchment Abstraction … flows is produced. The RAM fra- mework then specifies allowable abstractions at different points of the curve for …
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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… amphibians, aquatic reptiles and mammals are added to this total, it becomes clear that as much as one third of all … for 2009 (BirdLife International 2009)). Taxon Estimated total number of inland water-dependent species Estimated … (Musschot & Lalèyè 2008) have been described, bringing the total number of described freshwater fish species for western …
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Global Land Outlook

… future price volatility and food insecurity. It is the sum total of our individual decisions that is fueling a global … its biological and economic productivity. It is the sum total of our individual decisions – as consumers, producers, … entails the draining of peatlands, which can then catch fire. The resulting health risks from air pollution are …
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