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Mediterranean marine protected areas and climate change: a guide to regional monitoring and adaptation opportunities

… an example. The alteration of the earth’s hydrologi- cal cycle and the melting of glaciers and ice sheets are … the impact of anomalous regional warming. The local hydrological conditions found in the Medes Islands MPA … Long-term monitoring of basic hydrological parameters (temperature and salinity), …
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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… resource person for the Group) - UNESCO – International Hydrological Programme: Khin Ni Ni Thein and Alexander Otte, … summer season of drought followed, and the life-sustaining cycle was repeated. During the Old Kingdom, in the 3rd … ing natural areas based on their ecological, biological or hydrological importance. The pro- tection of cultural …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… of the Parties held outside the normal scheduled cycle of meetings of the Conference of the Parties. Executive … related to health. Established in 1948. WHYCOS World Hydrological Cycle Observing System. Global programme to … strengthen the technical and institutional capacities of hydrological services, establish a global network of national …
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A window of opportunity for the Mekong Basin: the UN Watercourses convention as a basis for cooperation - A legal Analysis o fhow the UN Watercourses Convention complements the Mekong Agreement

… water resources. More specifically, it addresses altered hydrological flows that would arise as a consequence of … and groundwater (albeit only those directly linked to the hydrological cycle of surface water), taking these as a unitary whole. The …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… Ice sheets. The sea-ice and snow shows a strong seasonal cycle in its areal coverage, waxing and waning with the … seafloor clathrates and permafrost Intensification of the hydrological cycle Enhanced atmospheric moisture transport … and plays a critical role (through evaporation) in the hydrological cycle in Asia. 1.3 A major ocean contribution to …
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E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… presence, origins, and interaction with the hydrologic cycle, groundwater resources are often threatened by human … should include material of a “geological, hydrogeological, hydrological, meteorological and ecological nature and …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law International Hydrological Programme Institut de Droit International … circumstances, including: (a) Geographic, hydrographic, hydrological, climatic, ecological and other factors of a … 3). A number of important elements of the hydrologic cycle are often missing from transboundary agreements. Also …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 - More case studies from around the globe

… shelving. The room is maintained on a twelve-hour light cycle and kept at approximately 20o C. Beetles are housed in … rarity and rapid decline, combined with a fascinating life-cycle that involves feeding on Thymus or Origanum flowerheads … Goals Goal 1: Identifying major bottlenecks in the life-cycle of NSH. Goal 2: Successful re- introduction of NSH to …
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Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

…   15 An  increase  in  temperature will  intensify  the  hydrological  regime whilst  increasing  the  spatial  … umber of isolated high quality habitats during their annual cycle. Any disturbance or alteration to a required  habitat  … 20. Kitoh A., et al. 2008, Hydrological Research Letters, 2, 14.  21. …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… thereby playing an important role in the global carbon cycle. Biomass + Soil carbon: The carbon regulatory service … of inland wetlands in the country: a) Fragmentation of hydrological regimes: Wetlands are adapted to their hydrological regimes. Water regimes set the template which …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity