Search results

Explore only content tagged with
167 Results
Sorted by relevance

Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… ‘Flow’ sets out a path from conflict over limited water resources and environmental degradation to a water management system that reduces poverty, ensures healthy … the setting of an environmental flow. Clear objectives and abstraction scenarios need to be defined To set an …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… 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 … using five key socioeconomic poverty indicators (access to water, undernourishment, potential population pressure, …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… for watershed services is an emerging innovation in water management. This guide offers a hands-on explanation of … or restoring watershed services critical for downstream water security. About IUCN IUCN, the International Union for … A cap- and-trade scheme establishes a cap for water abstraction or pollution and enables trading of permits among …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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 … for Operations; UNEP New York Office; UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment; UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… many years through the joint management of the lake and water resources. Towards the end of the Communist period, … See – Seewinkel Cooperation in nature conservation and water management started as early as the 1950s. This was … (2002) adds “rehabilitation areas” to this simplifying abstraction of real landscapes. For a discussion of the …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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

… 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 … groups and stipulates that their common use of land, water and forest will be regulated by law.126The Venezuelan …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… System (SASS) [2002] ........................ 6 III. WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTALTREATIES CONTAINING … 1998] .............................. 75 9. Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and … over the last fifty years, come under pressure from over-abstraction and pollution, seriously threatening their …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… • Integrated Coastal Zone Management; • Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM); • Integrated Fire … • Wetland restoration for i.e. flood mitigation, improved water quality, increased income from fisheries. • Green … communities in coping with gradual change (such as in water supplies and agricultural productivity) through the …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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 … Union for Conservation of Nature) IUCN Global Water Programme Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Tel …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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 … as Critical. Climate change, desertification and water abstraction The Sahel region has undergone multi-decadal …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX