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… to clim a te ch a n g e C h a n g e Change - Adaptation of water resources management to climate change Climate change … impede road transportation that depends on a frozen surface, cause the destabilization of natural ecosystems and … control and regulation of emissions of pollutants into surface and ground waters are another characteristic of this …

… The greening of water law: Managing Freshwater Resources for People and the … as human populations swell and economies expand. Both surface and groundwater resources are being depleted and … in a system of hydrological interdependence, encompassing surface and groundwater resources, glaciers, lakes, and …

… ecosystems and improve people’s well-being. www.iucn.org/water @IUCN_Water Women as change-makers in the governance of shared … University database11 and IGRAC12). These figures focus on surface waters, and would increase if the 592 shared aquifers …

… Protection, restoration and sustainable use of urban water bodies in India BEARING IN MIND that water is essential for life and that in an urban setting the … NOTING that water bodies in cities are not only sources of surface water but essential for maintaining already stressed …

… Brief- ing Note are: to bring relevant issues related to water storage to the attention of Contract- ing Parties and … to be suggested as potential solutions for increasing surface water storage, but as Ramsar Contract- ing Parties … and trends related to potential growth in demand for surface water storage capacity. Key messages and …

… WCC-2012-Res-068-EN The importance of assessing the water needs of wetlands in order to preserve their ecological … of these services, and that wetlands are both sources of water and water users; NOTING that the lack of hydrological … cycle and the relationship that exists between ground and surface waters for the purpose of their management and …

… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using law to advance wetland conservation … have more or less permanent water, fed by groundwater, surface springs, streams or run-off, and tend to be dominated … of the water table through maintenance and recharge of surface and underground water supply. Water resource security …

… 47 The UNECE Water Convention and the Support it Gives to the Management … result on average in an additional warming of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere and will thus continue to adversely … cover more than 40 per cent of the European and Asian surface of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe …

… IU C N IUCN Environmental Law Programme International Water Governance: Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems In te … to the “international watercourse” which means a system of surface water and ground waters constituting by virtue of … measures to: n prevent, reduce and control pollution of surface and ground waters, and protect and enhance the …

… Preparing national regulations for water resources management Principles and practice Stefano … 1 I. ALLOCATING WATER FOR USE: WATER RIGHTS AND PERMITS … and "non-point" sources; and controlling development of surface water resources and of groundwater (Chapters I–IV). …