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Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… can have sanctions attached. They are derived from natural resource use – some practices and beliefs acquire the force … as instruments for achieving it. Particularly in land and water allocation, and the settling of disputes related to … ‘Customary Laws for Access to and Management of Drinking Water in Tanzania’. Law, Environment and Development Journal …
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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… 3.4.2 Water pollution … 7.4.1 Water abstraction and drought … 8.2.3 Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Environmental Flows … levels of connectivity within freshwater systems. Water resource management approaches that integrate economic, …
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Desertification: the invisible frontline

… some neighbors claimed our trees were drawing too much water from the ground. We cut them down. Our harvests fell. … chad or afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or … migrants or they turn to radicalization, extremism or resource-driven wars for survival. if we are to restore …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… economy and to sustainable approaches to food, energy and water security. Indeed, efforts to encourage sustainable … natural allies. Ecosystem services – including food, clean water, medicinal substances, recreation, and protection from … toward clean, renewable, and sustainable forms of resource use. Indeed, the proposition that the world needs to …
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D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… Kibel Scope: This class focuses on how international water law principles relate to the construction and … and obligations relating to the impoundment and release of water from on-stream dams; (2) effect of on-stream dams on … 2004 Berlin Rules on Water Resources Law (“Berlin Water Resource Law Rules”) provides: “Basin States shall in their …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… Box 6. Ballast Water … 18 Box 13. Water Hyacinth … of loss of biodiversity and environmental and natural resource damage. As a result, the introduction of alien … is discharged (see Box 6). Construction of transport and resource infrastruc- ture (roads, inter-basin canals, etc.) …
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Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century

… in the 21st Century Mark Smith - Director IUCN Global Water Programme The designation of geographical entities in … vulnerability to climate change, drought and changing water flows © IUCN / Claire Warmenbol Layout by: Imre … and losing our ‘safe operating space’ as natural resource exploitation changes the Earth system (Rocktröm et …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… 94 3.1.6 Wildlife conservation laws 94 3.1.7 Sustainable resource use laws 96 3.1.8 Specific ecosystem or habitat-type … ecosystem processes, and meet human needs, including water production, soil conservation, and marine nutrient … Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities on Local Government …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… manfredxy; Wind Power: Shutterstock, WDG Photo; Water Drop: Shutterstock, frantisekhojdysz; Girl and Tap Water: Shutterstock, kuppa Citation This document may be … Decoupling of socio-economic development from escalating resource use and environmental degradation; (iii) Coverage of …
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Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas

… Cover Photography Hydrothermal vent: © ATOS/Ifremer Deep water coral: © André Freivold Courtesy of WWF International … WWF International; Hydrothermal vent: © ATOS/Ifremer; Deep water coral: © André Freivold Available from: IUCN – The … crisis is already underway. New technologies in resource exploitation (e.g. global positioning systems, …
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