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… Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective … GLOSSARY PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION I. CHALLENGES IN WATER MANAGEMENT II. MANAGING WATER RESOURCES III. THE ROLE … unsaturated layer above the water table. Glossary xv water abstraction: the process of taking water from any source, …

… an ag in g w ater acro ss b o u n d aries Share – Managing water across boundaries Transboundary rivers are increasingly … publica- tion provides an overview of the world’s shared water resources and guidance on managing these resources … and mechanisms for sharing the benefits that derive from water. Using case studies from around the world, it presents …

… Value – Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure This practical guide explains the most … more sustainable and equitable development decisions in water resources management. It shows that investments in … irrigated farmland. As a result of this upstream water abstraction, there is inadequate downstream flow left to …

… The greening of water law: Managing Freshwater Resources for People and the … policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. Water in crisis i The greening of water law: Managing … of environmental effects during the application for water abstraction and effluent discharge permits. The Act also …

… Roberts (Eds.) Adaptation to Climate Change Transboundary Water Governance IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. … C hange ELP 75 2014.indd 1 10.06.14 16:57 Transboundary Water Governance Adaptation to Climate Change Transboundary … • Overuse of groundwater resulting from increasing abstraction for agricultural purposes and drinking water …

… InternatIonal UnIon for ConservatIon of natUre Water in drylands Editors: Jonathan Davies, Stefano … @IUCN @esaroconnect @IUCN_CEM @IUCN_Water Water in drylands Editors: Jonathan Davies, Stefano … of water can encourage unsustainable groundwater abstraction and inappropriate forms of irrigation that make …

… A1 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law Author: Stephen C. McCaffrey Scope: International water law, in its broadest sense, concerns all issues that … also for the whole of mankind: ‘the environment is not an abstraction but represents the living space, the quality of …

… GREEN Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects GUIDE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This guide … Programme (UNEP), UNEP-DHI Partnership – Centre on Water and Environment, International Union for Conservation …

… 9 1.1.1 Water basins … 23 2.1 Sources of international law related to water … 23 2.2 Theories about the use of water from shared basins … 25 2.3 General principles of international water law … Maputo watercourse is contained in the same Annex. (2) Any abstraction of waters from the Incomati or Maputo …

… ecosystems and improve people’s well-being. www.iucn.org/water @IUCN_Water Women as change-makers in the governance of shared … treaty. Another of the BSWC’s projects tackled the over-abstraction by local farmers of water from small rivers in …