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… • pesticides used in agricultural applications, for fungus control or for insect control1 • industrial chemicals used in … some chemicals are grouped together in the elimination or control Annexes of the Convention, for example, penta- and … is produced and applied in appreciable amounts for malaria control, PFOS/PFOS-F are still used in a wide range of …

… the next few decades.56 Melting glaciers will increase flood risk during the wet season and strongly reduce … of these rights for those who, for reasons beyond their control, are unable to realise these rights by themselves.81 … 26 STAN. ENVTL. L.J. 181 (2007); ADJUDICATING CLIMATE CONTROL: SUB-NATIONAL, NATIONAL AND SUPRA-NATIONAL APPROACHES …

… phasing out of lead in fuel (Box 5). Traditional pollution control that relies on end-of-pipe technologies has been … Programme 2017b). Environmental technologies that help to control and prevent pollution also bring tremendous trade and … America and the Caribbean. The benefits of water pollution control amounted to 7.4 billion (2015 prices). This includes …

… protected areas. Its tasks include law enforcement, fire control, ecotourism, research, species reintroduction, and … Sahgal, Bittu. 2005. Personal communication. Regarding the flood. 8. Kingston, Jamaica: Blue and John Crow Mountains … for Urban Protected Areas Urban Protected Areas | 81 • Flood protection. With their large impermeable surfaces, …

… 43 10 AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION AND ITS CONTROL IN NORTHER CHINA WANG, TAO … Balkan, as never happened in the last millenium. Apart of flood disaster, the area of the Drina River is recipient of … focus on maintaining the cultural landscape by reducing flood velocity and gully escalation through the use of …

… society curator, but, if they are so determined to retain control, why are they contemplating entering into … water they abstract until a crisis hits (severe drought or flood, or a major pollution incident) which obliges them to … schedules. 68 When water crises hit, whether drought or flood, the likelihood is that policies that have been in …

… cooperation includes irrigation, hydropower, navigation, flood control, fisheries, timber floating, recreation and tourism, … J. 2012. Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century. Washington DC, …

… of the environment; for the prevention, abatement and control of pollution’. The main thrust of the Act to protect … means that our water supply, climate regulation, flood regulation, soil conservation and air purification are … benefits), these include values associated with flood control, nutrient cycles etc.8, 9 For example, a …

… of valid concerns for water storage, water supply and flood protection, as well as food security, population … electric utilities end up creating scarcity in order to control and manage it in (Mehta, 2010). Nexus Governance: … periodic cycles of power cuts and power gluts (termed the ‘flood-drought syndrome’) and has been facing up to fifteen …

… sensitivities and external factors beyond the community’s control. 2 Joint visioning for the future Visioning for the … productivity, decrease water quality downstream, increase flood potential and impacts livelihoods of water users in … more frequent extreme events, such as global lake outburst flood, floods, drought and landslides, which have caused …