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… Vents 15 2. Seamounts 22 3. Deep-sea Trenches 28 4. Deep-Water, Reef-Forming Corals 33 5. Polymetallic Nodules 39 6. … and oil production) that can currently operate down to water depths of at least 2,000 m. These operations pose a … United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea have the right for their nationals to engage in fishing on the …

… quantifying nature stand out as an imposing barrier. Is it right to put a dollar price on biodiversity? Is it desirable? … to Preserve the Pristine Quality of Its Drinking Water and Save Billions of Dollars and What Lessons It … which took place in the catchment area of New York City’s water supply (the Catskills). The PES deal resulted in an …

… may include impairment of human health and safety, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity in fire-sensitive or … of vegetation for ensuring adequate flows of quality water and risk of fires burning vegetation. Critical concerns … (art. 48(2)), while forest protection within so-called "right forests" (i.e. forests subject to private ownership …

… Cover photos Top: A. Compost/ITTO Bottom left, bottom right: A. Sarre/ITTO Bottom second from left, bottom second … services can be affected when ecosystems become degraded. Water quality can decline, carbon can be emitted into the … Kenya, was excavated down to 1 m above the brackish water table. Casuarina equisetifolia was planted directly …

… YEARS - A NARRATIVE BY STANLEY JOHNSON The first laws on water quality in Britain were passed in 1388. In 1534, under … embraces are of real and growing concern to them: polluted water supplies, degradation of agricultural lands, depletion … and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own …

… landscape (when applicable), past and current land- and water-use practices and their links to cultural and spiritual … trade routes, historic settlements, intricate land and water-use systems, and traces of sophisticated social … and adequate water supply is an indisputable basic human right (and the water supply to lo- cal communities must be …

… at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and reservoirs. About this series of … roles of other sectors beyond the “environment” or “water” sectors. It is thus very important that these … and local communities and other stakeholders, have the right to information, representation and participation in …

… the role of other species groups and aspects such as water management, human health and other ecosystem ser- … Khin Ni Ni Thein and Alexander Otte, Working Group on Water and Culture In mid 2007, the Convenor of the Working … their approaches to criteria and classification of inland water ecosystems was con- sidered by CBD COP6 (April 2002). …

… 46 4.4.2 Climate change impacts on fresh water resources and … RESOURCES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; IN THE BACKGROUND, A WATER STRESS MAP BASED ON THE 2005 VERSION OF WATERGAP … Mechanisms (CDM) do not respect and guarantee our right to lands, territories, and self-determination. CDM and …

… offsets 22 4.2.1 Wetland Banking in the US under the Clean Water Act 22 4.2.2 Conservation Banking in the US, under the … unavoidable harm. Similarly, Chris Spray of Northumbrian Water notes that the first priority is to minimise … Steve Botts from Antamina explains: “If we do things right, this open doors elsewhere. The most important driver …