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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… 4.2 The action-learning cycle … important ecological services such as slope stabilization, hydrological regulation and carbon sequestration. In … all the values that forests can provide to society: hydrological regulation and watershed protection, carbon … practice that feeds constantly into the action-learning cycle from the very beginning of the intervention. Each of …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… and secretarial support. 1 UNESCO – International Hydrological Programme is UNESCO’s international scientific … Scientific and Cultural Organization — International Hydrological Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework … based on the intricacies of both the hydrologic cycle and the interdependencies of all life on Earth. When …
Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues
… 12 1.1.5 Hydrological cycle … as a catchment or collector basin, is a geographical and hydrological unit consisting of a main river and all of the … bodies of water. It is within these basins that water cycle phenomena are most evident: rain, surface water …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… for ground water protection, regulation of the water cycle, water storage, water purification, and as an … year in the industrialized world in order to restore the hydrological and biological functions - functions which would … many had any conception of the vital roles of wetlands in hydrological regulation or as essential habitat to a wide …
Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners
… . . . . . . . . . 3 Figure 1.2 The generalized adaptation cycle consists of five basic steps and is an iterative … swamps in Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia. Changes in hydrological regimes are one of the most vexing likely … warms (Liana Joseph). Climate change is affecting the hydrological regimes of the world’s forests. Th effects may …
Land and water - the rights interface
… rights to countries with vastly different climatic and hydrological conditions.46 Furthermore, while groundwater is … water rights are based on the concept of the hydrologic cycle, the notion that water in its natural state is in … (such as a lake). This approach is entirely logical from a hydrological perspective given that surface water within the …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… every time, which enables them to `break out’ of the event cycle and progress/spiral upwards towards disaster prevention … importance of protected area management that accounts for hydrological connectivity from the upstream watershed to the … for Marine and Aquaculture Studies regarding limnology and hydrological studies; c) Centre for Safe Development and …
Share - Managing water across boundaries
… power will also exist in any sharing scheme. The hydrological, political and economic attributes of a river … colour the context within which all agreements are made.3 “HYDROLOGICAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ATTRIBUTES FRAME THE … location and interest at particular stages in a project cycle. Such an exercise can be done for all elements of a …