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… 13 1.1 Water scarcity and governance … 21 2.3 Actors Created by Water Agreements at the Global Level … Facility GHG Greenhouse Gas GLWQA Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement GWP Global Water Partnership GWPO Global … is to ensure access to adequate freshwater of sufficient quality to satisfy basic human needs, to advance economic and …

… agencies and other bodies responsi- ble for transboundary water issues. It is hoped that the document will also be … stakeholders from other sectors with a direct relevance to water, such as health, environment, education, agriculture, … 166 Figure 4.2 | The World Health Organisation Water Quality Standards 178 Figure 5.1 | Effects of climate change …

… 2. Regulation 3. The Hydrological Cycle Groundwater 5. Water Scarcity Climate Change 6. Water Pollution 7. Water Uses Conflicts Fresh, coastal and … human demand for a finite supply and deterioration of its quality caused by human activities. Intensified human demand …

… Sustainable development Impact assessment Provision of water services 3. Lessons learned Manage freshwater for … all matters concerning freshwater in a single, integrated water law. Conserve water through rational urban development … resources. The two most prominent approaches are water quality standards and effluent limitations. The first …

… Measures Principles Other obligations The Protocol on Water and Health The Protocol on Civil Liability 2. Protocol … use. An important example of regulation of transboundary water resources at the regional level is the 1992 Convention … required to establish national and local targets for the quality of drinking water and the quality of discharges, as …

… to cooperation in the joint management of shared water resources. Considering the authoritative character of … and as a model for ad hoc agreements regulating specific water bodies. http://www.unwatercoursesconvention.org/ … use, and thus to water quantity, rather than to water quality. However, as is clear from that text that equitable …

… pollution issues. http://leo.informea.org/terms/territoral-water http://leo.informea.org/terms/continental-shelf … and other legitimate uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities.” This definition raises the …

… marketing, trade, energy use, food hygiene and quality, a safe working environment, marine pollution and …

… nuclear accidents, invasive alien species from ballast water,2 among others. Overfishing on the high seas is in … CBD as “a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and … from offshore sources; Annex IV: Assessment of the quality of the marine environment; Annex V: Protection and …