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And you can notice they have created a kind of false catchment.

The boundaries of these new regions are based on catchment basins.

Our, Florida watershed restoration act, is our legislation that implements the TMDL program, from EP, From EPA.

undertake pilot projects to demonstrate the contribution of forests, for example, Model Forests and watershed management create an improved environment for increased private sector funding.

People have simply lost the knowledge of how to use the catchment area and the rain, the blessing of the water in the right way.

Effective management links land and water uses across the whole of a catchment area or groundwater aquifer.

It may also be feasible to increase natural availability by increasing rainwater catchments and storage units.

As in other watershed areas, abundant snow and rainfalls are common.

(ix) Protecting and rehabilitating catchment areas for regulating water flows and improving water quality, taking into account the critical role of ecosystems

Many cities worldwide are following its example, expanding their water catchment and treatment programs.

Bioregions are defined through physical and environmental features, including watershed boundaries and soil and terrain characteristics.

This approach covers projects related to forestry, agro forestry, watershed management, desertification control, wildlife and protected area management and fisheries.

(b) The specific areas of ongoing cooperation should include management of national and multinational watersheds, and forest management in border areas

Reforestation was also recognized as a priority for protecting watersheds, mitigating natural disasters, and protecting investments in agriculture and infrastructure.

The Declaration highlights the need for cooperation in harnessing the fresh water catchments of Africa, as an important prerequisite for social and environmental development.

Reforestation in many of them is also necessary for the restoration of degraded watersheds so as to increase water supply to meet growing demand.

The 1999 Florida Watershed Restoration Act directs DEP to check and to make sure, or insure, that these BMP's are, in fact, working.

Human settlements in watersheds may modify hydraulic systems and destabilize slopes, thereby increasing flood and landslide hazards.

Iraq referred especially to contamination of water from urban settlements located within the catchment areas of highly vulnerable springs which did not have appropriate connections to sewerage networks.

In October 2003, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed a watershed agreement to establish an economic community by 2020.

Forests and terrestrial ecosystems Forest management and conservation were seen by several Parties as important to protect watersheds, combat land degradation and desertification, preserve species and sequester carbon.

Most of these activities generate considerable negative externalities, the most important being disfigurement of coastlines and marine pollution and pollution of coastal freshwater aquifers.

So, if a farmer adopts the best management practice, if we have a TMDL for a water body and a basal management action plan and agriculture is part of that watershed

Options to advance the integrated water resources management process could include market based mechanisms and a combination of management by catchment and management by region.

Thailand rejects the map, which contravenes a Franco Siamese agreement in 1904 stipulating a demarcation along a watershed line separating the two countries.

Through its Water Futures Partnership, the company has identified which of its facilities are located in areas facing water security risks and has created partnerships in the local watersheds to address these risks.

Specific thematic initiatives have been launched in the areas of education, gender, policy and law, research, sustainable livelihoods, sustainable agriculture and rural development in mountains and watershed management.

We gave talks once a month, and that actually ended up implementing some amazing sustainability projects at the prisons organic gardens, worm culture, recycling, water catchment and beekeeping.

The application of a participatory approach to watershed management and the development of pilot sites have yielded very positive results that have the potential for wider replication throughout the country.

The multitude of rivers and lakes in the entire region is caused by the watersheds of the area being so young and in a state of sorting themselves out with the added effect of post glacial rebound.

Specific support will focus on community management of local water resources, including rainwater harvesting (for use by households and schools, and groundwater recharge), micro watershed management and operational research.

While deforestation and unsustainable management practices can lead to increased water pollution, sustainable forest management in watersheds can help to protect supplies of freshwater.

She looked at thousands of cases of humans sharing watersheds, forestry resources, fisheries, and discovered that yes, in case after case, humans destroyed the commons that they depended on.

Singapore is leading the way in another area as well production and distribution of potable recycled water.

Chinese vessel Cosco Shipping Panama was the first ship that sailed through the newly extended Panama Canal, thus opening traffic into the new locks at Agua Clara at the Atlantic watershed.

According to UNDP, a quarter of the Haitian territory is at risk of grave erosion and deforestation has reached an alarming level 97 per cent of the country's watersheds are completely deforested.

Many Parties reported on options to increase domestic water supply these included prospecting for, and extraction of, deep groundwater, increasing storage capacity by building reservoirs and dams, and improving watershed management.

81. A FAO Technical Cooperation Network on Upper Watershed Management among English speaking Caribbean Islands has been expanded to include other aspects of forestry.

Participatory watershed management projects are increasingly focusing on the need to draw on the knowledge and technology of indigenous peoples and to achieve an approach that strengthens the traditional stewardship of indigenous peoples of the lands they have traditionally occupied.

If you visit the occupied territories, what you can note is that the Palestinians, at least for about 50 per cent of their needs, have to rely on the watershed wells.

The territorial competence of such authorities with respect to groundwater management should not necessarily be limited to either administrative boundaries or catchment areas but should allow for encompassing, as appropriate, management of aquifers in their entirety.

(d) Application of the practices for soil conservation, runoff harvest and terrace tillage systems, which occur in the watershed areas on loess and hilly regions facing creeping sands, should be popularized in areas affected by problems of rangeland degradation and soil erosion

31. The basic instruments used in pursuing these activities are agreements between the central Government and the Autonomous Communities for cooperation in hydrological and forestry activities to promote basin rehabilitation.

Instruments aimed at tackling market failure and offering incentives to provide benefits such as watershed protection, biodiversity conservation, recreation and carbon sequestration would contribute to sustainable forest management, as well as socially more optimal forest activities.