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Marine protected areas and climate change - Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges

… to limit greenhouse gas emissions and / or increase the storage of these gases. To contribute effectively to the increased storage of carbon by marine ecosystems, MPA management must … drops rapidly into the depths assuring a long-term carbon storage. Marine Protected Areas within these productive …
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B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice

… to identify the best dam sites, calculate the benefits of storage, and negotiate allocation of the benefits from dams … (Contd) Understanding the process that led to upstream storage in Canada requires a detailed look at complicated … 1944, the USA government referred the matter of increased storage on the Columbia River to the IJC. The IJC, in turn, …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… parts of the world because of valid concerns for water storage, water supply and flood protection, as well as food … sectors. Examples from Nepal, focusing on its only large storage reservoir, the Kulekhani, and its biggest inter-basin … their crops, and even less to the energy for processing, storage and transport (Gyawali, 2013). It has led in activist …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… reduces natural discharge and can also deplete groundwater storage. Groundwater can be contaminated where recharge water … discharge and abstraction. Determination of an aquifer’s storage capacity, transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity and … compaction, lowering of groundwater levels and loss of storage capacity. Groundwater cannot be invisible in the 2030 …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… surface water and groundwater. It also includes in-stream storage of surface water behind dams or other artificial … plant for the generation of hydro-electric power, water storage works or well; or 2. any accessory, apparatus, … diversion, drainage, filtration, passage, purification, storage, supply or use of water, including effluent or waste …
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Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management

… to the stress of drought, some are experts in water storage or water harvesting whilst others lie dormant through … for domestic use, livestock or irrigation, capturing and storage of water in open reservoirs versus underground, and … at the household level through capturing rooftop runoff in storage tanks and underground wells for domestic use. In the …
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Plant protection legislation

… d. Transport and trade of plants and plant products; storage; airmail dispatch; e. Pesticides control; … This wide delegation of powers usually also extends to storage procedures and frequently includes the power to make … special act under which a number of provisions concerning storage, trade and the use of pesticides or …
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Technical guidelines on hazardous wastes: physico-chemical treatment (d9) and biological treatment (d8)

… of adequate facilities for waste reception/ checking, storage and pre-treatment. All elements of a facility should … provide for materials conveyance and movement and for safe storage of any separated hazardous wastes. Manpower … dioxide. Equipment/ Manpower/ Infra-structure Reaction and storage tanks, probably with mixing. Ancilliary processes may …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming

… contributions of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and removals in the Agriculture, Forestry and … land use (AFOLU), and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is shown. AFOLU estimates reported here are … nuclear and fossil fuels with carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) are modelled to increase in most 1.5°C pathways …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Nature-based solutions to address climate change

… Yet, they are natural solutions for carbon capture and storage, and they provide real and beneficial opportunities … significant amounts of carbon, but also that their storage function can be reversed as a result of nitrogen … and hardwoods are more efficient in terms of carbon storage on the medium to long term. A multilayered stand will …
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