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Modern water rights : Theory and practice
… go beyond an entitlement to a mere quantity of the simple chemical compound which is water: the flow of the water is … drinking purposes require relatively clean water, whereas industrial water users may be able to make do with water of a … of water through a canal for irrigated agriculture or industrial use. Such supplies are usually made on the basis …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… damaged by light or temperature changes, pollution or chemical changes in the water. The exceptionally strong El … This combined with the disturbance to forest systems from industrial forestry etc will make these areas particularly … their way of life to development programmes, especially industrial logging but in addition to this now have to deal …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… natural resource management and where low-level non-industrial natural resource use compatible with nature … Attenborough Nature Centre a wildlife haven in the industrial East Midlands of the England, UK © Equilibrium … flooding rice paddies in the winter season without chemical fertilizers and pesticides to support ecosystem …
A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27
… for agri- culture and/or forestry; - development of urban/industrial/energy/water/transport infrastructure; - global … oil production facilities. Added to this is mortality from chemical residues and heavy metals, and the accidental … increas- ing competition among agricultural, municipal, industrial and wildlife uses. The majority of migratory bird …
Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach
… natural resource management and where low-level non-industrial natural resource use compatible with nature … of an ecosystem to maintain its functions (biological, chemical, and physical) in the face of disturbance’ (Dudley … the wetlands area; • Determining why changes occur in the chemical composition of the water, and how this affects the …
Third report on the protection of the atmosphere
… temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre -industrial levels and pursues efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels” (article 2 (1) (a)). 33 It is significant … impact assessment where there is a risk that the proposed industrial activity may have a significant __________________ …
World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… et al. 2016). Much of this change is brought about by industrial activity, including oil and gas extraction, mining, industrial logging, agriculture, transportation … wilderness in our analysis may suffer from impacts such as chemical, plastic or sound pollution that are not represented …