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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… 46 4.4.2 Climate change impacts on fresh water resources and … people are forced to use contaminated water for drinking and household as well as for livestock and … is by boat so basic supplies such as salt and drinking water can no longer reach the villages as there is …
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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 13 1.1 Water scarcity and governance … placing greater demands on water supplies, for example for drinking water, sanitation and production of food. Climate … that encompasses virtually all human experience (e.g. drinking water, agriculture, power generation, sanitation, …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas

… 9 1. Water-related issues … 13 b. Surface water contamination … by such chemicals is likely to have dramatic impacts on drinking water, among other concerns. According to many … fracturing as a global activity on water resources and on drinking water in particular. For example, according to …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

GEO yearbook 2003

… likely if diseases spread through flooding, contaminated water and lack of sanitation in the aftermath. A UNEP Asian … and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF releases Meeting the MDG Drinking-Water and Sanitation Target: A Mid- Term Assessment … (ESCWA 2003a). Although most people have access to clean drinking water and sanitation services (Box 1), services are …
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Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… Claudia Adriana Piza Vice-ministry of Basic Sanitation and Drinking Water, Bolivia Corinne Stocco Environment and Climate Change … Mali Pablo Calizaya Vice-ministry of Basic Sanitation and Drinking Water, Bolivia Pablo Garcia Ministry of Health, El …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… • Integrated Coastal Zone Management; • Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM); • Integrated Fire … supporting ecosystem services, biodiversity, fisheries, drinking water treatment, recreation and tourism. A holistic … supports fish habitats, coastal hazard protection, fresh drinking water and ecotourism (Figure 1). The PKWS and …
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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… 20% of service provision area for sediment retention for drinking water quality, regulation of dry-season baseflows for drinking water provision, inland flood risk reduction for …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… their services (such as purification of air and water, disease and climate regulation) and goods (such as … to hunt and gather for food and medicines, access to fresh drinking water, the availability of firewood for heating and … tions thrive as degraded watersheds pollute municipal drinking water. Indigenous populations get most of their food …
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UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… instance, in The Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, an ambitious nationwide programme … now synonymous with the fight against the contamination of drinking water with toxic chemicals but no-one, least of all … to investigate, eventually finding contamination of drinking water and widespread illness in the town. A lawsuit …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines on specially engineered landfill (D5)

… of material arising for the weathering and exposure to water flow of naturally occurring minerals. 11. In the … water, local surface water used recreationally or as drinking water supplies or as a source of fish, and property … will be enough time to provide warning and alternative drinking water supplies to communities that rely on the water
18 Jun 2026 Document