Hard Wisdom for Scarce Water

Countries should establish surface and groundwater quality monitoring networks at the national level in order to protect their scarce water resources

The same is true for ground water. Land is also increasingly scarce.

Twenty percent of global GDP already is produced in water scarce areas.

Pressure on water resources due to increased crop intensity brings about increased water resource competition in areas where water resources are scarce.

India is facing a serious water resource problem and as trends suggest, it is expected to become water stressed by 2025 and water scarce by 2050

Desalination of salt water is another capital intensive option, which is used particularly in water scarce areas and for high value uses.

These are places where water is so scarce year after year that crop production is marginal at best.

With resources so scarce, developing countries cannot afford the luxury of such waste.

At the same time, in Africa and Central Asia, water will become more scarce, and drought will reduce food supplies.

Surface water is scarce in Botswana and less than 5 of the agriculture in the country is sustainable by rainfall.

And, while the conflicts in the Middle East are primarily about territory, this includes the scarce water resources so essential for survival.

Waste combustion is particularly popular in countries such as Japan where land is a scarce resource.

Most of our countries are ill equipped, because of scarce resources, to defend themselves against such encroachments.

Resources are scarce.

This is particularly useful to small countries which have scarce human and financial resources to draft individual laws.

22. Reaffirms the need for priority allocation of scarce grant resources to programmes and projects in low income countries, in particular the least developed countries

Such international efforts are important for helping countries with scarce resources, especially developing countries, to focus their commitments and funding on attaining the agreed targets.

Scarce labor drives wages.

Our resources are scarce.

Given the financial burden of the program, and, more importantly, the cost in scarce water, the Saudis decided to phase out the subsidies entirely by 2016.

But rapid urbanization is driving up industrial fossil fuel consumption and household water consumption, and is increasing demand for food in areas where arable land is scarce.

In the field of health and medicine, the Committee noted that a filter made of nanoaluminium oxide fibres could be used to remove impurities from drinking water in areas on Earth where water was scarce and potentially contaminated.

Financial liberalization would attract foreign capital seeking high returns in capital scarce countries, allowing them to invest more than they saved.

Finally, Internet policymaking and regulation is an area that requires levels of expertise and resources that are often scarce in developing countries.

When food is scarce, people share.

A long term effect of the impact was the creation of the sedimentary basin which ultimately produced favorable conditions for human settlement in a region where surface water is scarce.

The international community must spare no effort to lighten the burden of host countries, especially developing countries with scarce resources, and to assist such countries to strengthen their capacity to host refugees and to reintegrate repatriated persons.

The current system is superficially similar, but with one crucial difference the flow of saving now goes from developing countries like China to rich countries like the US that is, from countries where capital is scarce to countries where it is abundant.

In particular, the existence of cartels in the medical industry has especially harmful effects in developing countries, where these vital goods and services are scarce.

Number two a declining population means scarce labor.

To compete on a level playing field would force these countries to subsidize their farmers, diverting scarce funds that are needed for education, health, and infrastructure.

Conflict is increasing as communities compete for scarce resources.

Jobs are scarce, and the future looks bleak everywhere.

People aren't fighting over scarce housing or lucrative jobs.

This would help reduce consumption of scarce natural resources.

When information is plentiful, the scarce resource is attention.

In Germany, food was scarce, but only 5 died.

Accelerating trends of environmental degradation and poverty at the local, national and global levels lead to increased competition for scarce resources such as land and water, and can be potential flashpoints for violent conflict.

Given the unequal distribution of water resources, space based solutions to water management were particularly important to developing countries.

After all, in a post economic crisis world of scarce public and private resources, disaster relief efforts, one might argue, should target only poorer countries and peoples.

While integrated water resource management provides an integrated framework for addressing water issues, countries will want to tailor integrated water resources management plans to their own particular water management needs and objectives.

Things have value when they are both desirable and scarce.

Other than peat, dolomite, and limestone, natural resources are scarce.

The information passed to my Office is scarce and unconvincing.