The costs of environmentally unsustainable water use must be quantified.

Unsustainable use of freshwater is the top priority transboundary concern for the largest number of regions.

States, in accordance with the precautionary approach, shall take early action and develop long term plans to ensure the sustainable use of groundwater and of the aquifers in which the groundwater is contained.

Reforming subsidies that encourage unsustainable water use could encourage water conservation and investments in water saving technologies and practices.

As groundwater should be recognized as a natural resource with economic and ecological value, groundwater strategies should aim at the sustainable use of groundwater and preservation of its quality.

It is vital to achieve environmentally sustainable water use, and the application of integrated water resources management, including ecosystem approaches, is the appropriate process for that purpose.

The Commission's activities relate mostly to the conservation of cetaceans and the sustainable use of whale stocks through consumptive or non consumptive use (such as whale watching).

Discussions at the Forum had centred on the sustainable use of critical resources like water, land, air and energy.

Rapid population growth, unsustainable water use and increasing pollution levels further contribute to water scarcity problems in the region.

Among the sustainable development goals affirmed by the Summit, Tajikistan considered effective and sound water use to be a priority.

It offers the prospect of enhanced social and economic development through diversification and expansion of opportunities for sustainable use of forest resources.

Transboundary pollution issues are among the top priority concerns in 20 of the subregions, the most prevalent sources of pollution are agricultural runoff and industrial and municipal discharges, while unsustainable use of freshwater and living resources also score high on the priority list.

Recycling everybody kind of ends their books about being sustainable and greening with the idea of recycling.

(a) A banking credit for implementing proven technologies or developing new technologies is a powerful tool for linking sustainable land use with economic development.

Environmentally unsustainable water use has a disproportionate impact on women and children, whose needs must be accorded the highest priority.

14. Invites Governments, international organizations and, as appropriate, scientific technical organizations to promote sustainable water use for food production and rural development by improving the efficiency of current water use for irrigation in developing countries, particularly at the village level

They're concerned about securing an adequate supply of water, they're trying to be really efficient with their water use, and they're concerned about how their water use affects the image of their brand.

quot 13. Invites Governments, international organizations and, as appropriate, scientific technical organizations to promote sustainable water use for food production and rural development by improving the efficiency of current water use for irrigation in developing countries, particularly at the village level

Lastly, she stressed the importance of the practices of indigenous peoples, whose traditional lifestyles contributed to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and helped combat poverty and hunger.

More than 80 of all endangered birds and mammals are threatened by unsustainable land use resulting from agricultural expansion.

We urge the international community to take the necessary measures for the sustainable use of oceans and for the conservation and management of the biodiversity of the international seabed as the common heritage of humankind.

We hope to work with other States parties to realize our shared vision of the sustainable use of sea resources for the common welfare of mankind.

(b) Use and use patterns

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And those bumps act like a magnet for water.

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I had discovered a water supply, and even a dwelling place.

It provides guidance to protect the marine environment by ensuring the sustainable use of marine resources, and it contains provisions for dealing with crimes committed at sea.

Licences that establish a form of property rights and encourage sustainable use, rather than serving only to collect revenue, act as incentive mechanisms.

In cooperation with the Fourth World Water Forum and the Japan Water Forum, UNICEF is planning to organize the second Children's World Water Forum as a parallel event.

In this case, the principle of sustainable utilization does not apply since any extraction of water in such an aquifer depletes the resource and in the end destroys the aquifer.

(l) Develop school curricula for indigenous peoples in cooperation with other Governments at the regional level in order to maximize the sustainable use of resources in this area

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(d) existing uses of the waters

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The Contracting Parties shall take appropriate measures aiming at the prevention or reduction of transboundary impacts and at a sustainable and equitable use of water resources as well as at the conservation of ecological resources, especially

The Bottom Line An investigation of the Economic, Cultural and Social Costs of Industrial Longline Fishing in the Pacific and the Benefits of Sustainable Use of Marine Protected Areas

The International Coral Reef Initiative was established in 1994 to conserve, restore and promote the sustainable use of coral reefs and related ecosystems.

They're concerned about securing an adequate supply of water, they're trying to be really efficient with their water use, and they're concerned about how their water use affects the image of their brand.

If current trends continue, global annual water usage is set to increase by more than two trillion cubic metres by 2030, rising to 6.9 trillion cubic metres.

Point of use household water treatment systems, together with safe water storage, can provide safe drinking water from unsafe water sources.