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Introduction to Freshwater Resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… the regulation of the use of water and the protection and conservation of water resources and their ecosystems, this … as lakes, reservoirs and rivers, as well as from moist soil and other surfaces. Considerable amounts of water vapour … the ground through infiltration may be held in the soil, to eventually return to the surface through capillary …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… seeks to, ‘ensure the utilisation, development, conservation, management and protection of international … rises towards the ground surface. At a certain depth high soil evaporation causes the soluble salts in the local geology to migrate to the soil surface causing problems of high soil salinity. This has …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 39 2.10.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) … of resources, and better protection of “the air, soil, water and thus human health.”215 Similarly, they will … The convention aims to prevent land degradation, including soil erosion from water;275 and eroded soil is an important …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… of this paper is to review the regional mechanisms for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity, … . .. 31 2.3.4. The Global Legal and Policy Regime for the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity ... … seas, including the bed of all those waters and its sub-soil” situated within precise limits specified. Strategy: the …