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Introduction to Freshwater Resources - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Groundwater 5. Water Scarcity Climate Change 6. Water Pollution 7. Water Uses Conflicts Fresh, coastal and marine … 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 …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… 171 Article 21 | Prevention, Reduction and Control of Pollution 173 21.1 Commentary 173 21.2 Application 179 21.2.1 … 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 …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 87 5.4.1. Nutrient and pollution reduction in the Black Sea “dead zone” … 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 …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… damage to the oceans is caused by sea-based and land-based pollution, unsustainable exploitation of living and … endorsed a regional cooperation approach to address marine pollution and in 1974 the UNEP Regional Seas Programme (RSP) … seas, including the bed of all those waters and its sub-soil” situated within precise limits specified. Strategy: the …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater