(a) enumerate groundwater resources subject to a long term protection as well as protection zones valuable for existing or future drinking water supply purposes

Overall, efforts will be made to support the mainstreaming of information and communication technologies and gender issues into all aspects of the subprogramme.

More emphasis should be given to the nature conservation value provided by groundwater resources, in particular where nature protection areas are vulnerable to changes in groundwater conditions.

So they have no incentive to conserve.

(b) To ensure that transboundary waters are used with the aim of ecologically sound and rational water management, conservation of water resources and environmental protection

Investigation, protection and development of transboundary waters and aquatic animal and plant resources

3.4 States should enact and implement legislation to protect access by persons to traditional water sources in rural areas.

Our goal is not only to help them do that but to encourage our friends, the good people at Shell, not only to withdraw from the Sacred Headwaters, but to move forward with us and join us as we do the remarkable, the extraordinary set aside a protected area that will be for all time not simply the Sacred Headwaters of the Tahltan people but the sacred headwaters of all people in the world.

There's a disincentive to conserve, because, if you don't use your water right, you can lose your water right.

And Peru's got something sort of in between.

Draft article 13 deals with the protection and preservation of recharge and discharge zones of aquifers.

(f) The development and implementation of integrated plans for coastal zone management, water resources and agriculture, and for the protection and rehabilitation of areas affected by drought and desertification, as well as floods

These three draft articles should not be construed as environmental protection provisions. The objectives of the draft articles are not to protect and preserve aquifers for the sake of aquifers but to protect and preserve them so that humankind could utilize the precious water resources contained therein.

Implementing water protection measures to minimize radionuclide seepage into Kiev reservoir through watercourses

322. The management of each protected area varies depending upon the nature of the resources, their utilization and the human activities occurring within it.

In some states, senior water rights holders can leave their water in stream while legally protecting it from others and maintaining their water right.

(f) Conservation, protection, development and economy of use of the water resources of the watercourse and the costs of measures taken to that effect

c) the conservation of forested and other catchment areas and the coordination and planning of water resources development projects,

Objectives Projects were suited to resolve a specific problem, such as the protection of water resources, protect a species, control erosion and secure an investment.

(vii) Article 6 of the Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Danube, 1994, Specific water resources protection measures

For each declared Transboundary Groundwater Conservation Area, the Commission shall prepare a Comprehensive Management Plan for the rational development, use, protection and control of the waters in the Transboundary Groundwater Conservation Area.

Mindful of the importance of the existing protected areas for the conservation and renewal of the biological resources of the Caspian Sea,

You've got a disincentive to conserve, because if you don't use your water right, you risk losing your water right.

Many of those countries would also not be able to meet the deadline of 2005 for preparing integrated water resources management and water efficiency plans.

Future regulations should provide for a guard service for waters and rivers with clearly defined instructions on monitoring, reporting, guarding, protecting and maintenance of water resources.

20. International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC), Washington, D.C., USA

Because he's the senior water rights holder, he can protect the water from other users in the stream.

(xiv) Article 41 of the International Law Association Berlin Rules on Water Resources, 2004, Protecting aquifers

The measure should be part of comprehensive water safety programmes, including source protection.

A distinction should therefore be made in draft article 8, paragraph 1, between the protection of recharging aquifers and that of non recharging aquifers.

The importance of sanitation to effective management of water resources and protection of water related ecosystems was emphasized.

44. To protect groundwater resources and prevent degradation due to over pumping or saltwater intrusion, the abstraction of water is regulated under the Water Authority Law of 1982 and its regulations of 1985.

(b) To contribute to the design and propagation of schemes for more rational utilization and conservation of freshwater resources, taking into consideration the need for increasing public awareness and ensuring the participation of men and women in local communities in the management and use of water, implementation of water projects and environment protection programmes.

States parties should ensure that natural water resources are protected from contamination by harmful substances and pathogenic microbes (para.

Forests carry out important ecological functions which stabilize soils and help protect water resources.

About 12 percent of the land around the world is now protected safeguarding biodiversity, providing a carbon sink, generating oxygen, protecting watersheds.

When such recharge or discharge zones are located in the territories of States other than aquifer States, aquifer States should seek the cooperation of the former States to protect these zones.

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The International Hydrological Programme aims to improve the scientific and technological basis for the rational management of water resources, including the protection of the environment.

So it's not just about the number of people the system itself creates a disincentive to conserve because you can lose your water right if you don't use it.

In particular, there is a need to protect the developing countries' water resources (national and international) from the discharges of industrial effluents and from excessive water consumption by enterprises.

(d) Use national, regional and international policies regarding water protection, air pollution, protection of vulnerable areas, management of natural or recreational areas, to help to mitigate climate change

It is an agreement that seeks to coordinate the efforts of all countries of the Gulf region for the protection and conservation of marine resources.

65. International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC), Washington D.C., United States of America

The protection and preservation of the marine area and its resources is a source of constant concern for Tunisia, which is a developing coastal country whose territorial waters are adjacent to the high seas.