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Pangani River Basin, Tanzania : building consensus on water allocation and climate change adaptation

2011 Barchiesi, Stefano | Welling, Rebecca | Cartin, Megan | Cross, Katharine |
Climate change and the over exploitation of water resources is challenging the sustainability of the Pangani River Basin to deliver water services. Competition for diminishing water resources has led to tensions between the various stakeholders within the basin. Together with the government of Tanzania and donor partners, WANI has responded to this crisis by supporting the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).

Komadugu Yobe Basin, upstream of Lake Chad, Nigeria

2011 Barchiesi, Stefano | Welling, Rebecca | Cartin, Megan | Yawson, Daniel |

Inappropriate water management practices in the Komadugu Yobe Basin, upstream of Lake Chad in northern Nigeria, changed the seasonal river flow and caused widespread environmental degradation. Coupled with this was fragmented regulation and conflicting responsibilities among institutions, a lack of coordination for hydro-agricultural developments, inequitable access to water resources and growing tensions and risk of conflicts among water users.

Environmental flows : demonstrations and knowledge sharing through regional and global networks to turn policy into action

2011 Aguirre, Mario | Barchiesi, Stefano | Cartin, Megan | Cross, Katharine | Welling, Rebecca |
Environmental flows improve water management by ensuring a sustainable water supply to meet the needs of people, agriculture, energy, industry and the environment. Environmental flows are effectively a balance between water resources development and the need to protect freshwater-dependent ecosystems.

The future of Arctic enterprise : long-term outlook and implications

2011 Williams, Alex | O'Sullivan Darcy, Aisling | Wilkinson, Angela |

This report focuses on the outlook for the development of existing and new economic activity in the Arctic marine region, and on a range of different sectors.

Gouvernance communale des ressources forestières au Burkina Faso : guide juridique

2011

Le Guide juridique expose les principales règles qui régissent la gestion des forêts au Burkina Faso avec pour ambition de vulgariser ces textes auprès des conseils municipaux pour leur permettre de mieux s’en approprier, de connaître leurs droits mais aussi leurs devoirs en matière de gestion des forêts.

Un análisis del impacto de las resoluciones de la UICN en los esfuerzos internacionales de conservación

2012

Este documento destaca brevemente algunos de los principales impactos e influencias que las resoluciones han tenido en la conservación.

Une étude de l’'effet des résolutions de l’'UICN sur les efforts internationaux de conservation de la nature

2012

Le présent document souligne brièvement certains des effets et influences majeurs de ces résolutions sur la conservation de la nature.

A review of the impact of IUCN resolutions on international conservation efforts

2012

This paper briefly highlights some of the major impacts and influences that these resolutions have had on conservation. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but rather to focus attention on some of the most significant issues that the IUCN Membership has addressed, working together with IUCN's six Commissions (on Species, Protected Areas, Environmental Law, Ecosystem Management, Communications and Education, and Environmental, Economic and Social Policy) and supported by IUCN's Secretariat.
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