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… edited from the work done by the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency (PBL). Alfred Duda contributed in part to … and natural ecosystems are degrading and at further risk from climate change and biodiversity loss. From 1998 to … and, in certain circumstances, may trigger or increase the risk of conflict. The scale of rural transformation in recent …

… Failure to manage groundwater sustainably puts at risk massive benefits for human well-being, sustainable … management Weak water governance in a country puts at risk the health and food security of its people, its econ- … charge, recharge and changes in storage • Much more robust assessment of aquifer under- standing and water balance, but …

… business case 38 5.1.1 License to operate, reputational risk, and regulatory goodwill 38 5.1.2 Access to capital 40 … included in the project agreements, Environmental Impact Assessment Condition of Approval Certificates and the … of offsets as a “license to trash”. Finally, there is a risk that companies may consider certain habitats to be …

… Jing Lee and Anton Earle Te ch ni ca l P ap er World Water Assessment Programme United Nations Transboundary water … circumstances. or minimum amount. While this spreads the risk of water stress among all basin states (in both wet and … dry conditions), it puts downstream users at particular risk if upstream developmental changes occur, since their …

… ensuring that engagement with the private sector includes risk management, reflects IUCN’s Value Proposition (see Box … contexts – including the type of engagement, level of risk, and who is carrying out the process – which the … business selection, project concept, negotiation, risk assessment and management, and drafting of a contractual …

… protect those who are most vulnerable to, or at particular risk from, environmental harm (framework principles 14 and … They are among the human rights defenders most at risk, and the risks are particularly acute for indigenous … enjoyment of human rights, States should require the prior assessment of the possible environmental impacts of proposed …

… States) DO Dissolved Oxygen EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIS Environmental Impact Statement FAO Food and … it is often the poor whose access to water is most at risk. True consultation requires a commitment to listen to … on wastewater discharge (for example, where there is a risk of contamination of a drinking water source) and the …

… ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A CHANGING WORLD' SUB THEME: CONSERVING MEDICINAL … ON 'BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND SPECIES EXTINCTIONS: MANAGING RISK IN A CHANGING WORLD' SUB THEME: CONSERVING MEDICINAL … MEDICINAL SPECIES -SECURING A HEALTHY FUTURE 4 Effective assessment of the status and resilience of exploited …

… . . . . . . . . . . . 133 ARTICLE 46: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Commentary . . . . . … appropriate mitigation actions; and (b) Establish risk management and implement adaption measures to enable … or areas; and c) to preserve, ex situ, heritage at risk of loss; and Draft International Covenant on Environment …

… new business opportunities � Use the impact/dependency assessment to identify, evaluate and respond to new business … with respect to water available for human use. In higher risk areas, the amount of water removed from the system by human activities puts the ecosystem at risk by tapping into the water needed to sustain the …