In 1978 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a Systematic Index of International Water Resources Treaties, Declarations, Acts and Cases by Basin (Legislative Study No. 15). The Index covered some 2000 international legal instruments the earliest dating from the year 805 and the most recent 1977.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2018Equatorial Guinea, Italy, Turkey, Afghanistan, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Ghana, Iran, Venezuela, Senegal, Guyana, Mongolia, China, Gabon, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksOctober, 2018Germany, Dominica, France, Honduras, Japan, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Chile, Guatemala, Montenegro, Cameroon, Belize, Colombia, Ghana, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil
The World Banana Forum (WBF) publication developed a methodological guide to reduce water and carbon footprints in banana plantations worldwide. Members of the Working Group (WG) on Sustainable Production Systems and Environmental Impact acknowledged the contribution of banana production in the total global GHG emissions and the consumption of freshwater in the economic activity, both stressed in the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21), having the agricultural sector a high mitigation potential.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1992Qatar, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Israel, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Ghana, Somalia, Portugal, Kuwait, Chad, Mongolia, Iraq, China, Australia, Austria, Uruguay, Mozambique, Yemen, Albania, India
En muchas partes del mundo la escasez cada vez mayor de agua y el mal uso de agua dulce plantea graves problemas al desarrollo sostenible. Como más de dos tercios del agua que se toma de los ríos, lagos y acuíferos de la tierra se destinan al riego, la agricultura se considera una válvula de seguridad del sistema. El capítulo especial de este año sobre política hídrica y agricultura analiza las repercusiones en las políticas de una mayor competencia, los conflictos, la escasez, el desperdicio, e l exceso de explotación y la degradación de los recursos hídricos.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1999Angola, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Mozambique, Iraq, El Salvador, Ghana, France, Guatemala, Canada, Iran, Venezuela, Pakistan, Kenya, Costa Rica, Oman, Lesotho, Madagascar, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Gabon, Cuba
Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2000Angola, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Mali, Burundi, Eswatini, Canada, Congo, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Pakistan, Niger, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Lesotho, Rwanda, Madagascar, Maldives, Togo, Ghana
Meeting symbol/code: ARC 00 5
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2014Angola, Honduras, Belize, Luxembourg, Burundi, Ghana, Congo, Venezuela, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, Uruguay, Panama, Mozambique, Lesotho, Rwanda, Iran, Gabon, Botswana, Canada, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Togo, Suriname
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 1999Angola, Burkina Faso, Estonia, Bangladesh, Austria, Iraq, El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, China, Australia, Bolivia, Ghana, Venezuela, Guinea, Costa Rica, Eritrea, Lesotho, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Georgia, Uruguay, Cuba
Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1980Benin, Nigeria, Zambia, Mali, Ghana, Congo, Sierra Leone, Niger, Colombia, Kenya, Liberia, Japan, Cameroon, Chad, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
Policy makers as well as scientists have started to acquire an honest appreciation of the possibilities of reducing the wastage of materials which could be profitably utilized for improving or maintaining soil productivity. In addition, the great opportunities offered by making more efficient use of the potentials of biological nitrogen fixation in farming systems are now fully recognized. A number of recommendations and suggested guidelines were made by the various Working Groups during the two-week Workshop.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2004United States of America, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Iceland, Gabon, Pakistan, Kenya, Japan, South Africa, Hungary, Italy, Tanzania, Suriname, Kuwait, Uganda, Brazil, Canada
This publication explores various aspects of the interface between water rights and land tenure. It is intended to synthetize and assess current learning on this topic, to define salient issues and to propose fruitful approaches for further investigation.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMay, 2016Burkina Faso, Nigeria, United States of America, Rwanda, Zambia, Mali, Burundi, Namibia, Ghana, South Sudan, Malawi, Niger, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Netherlands, Senegal, Chad, Norway, Africa, Southern Africa
The focus of this review has been on both documenting the general resilience of many fish resources to climatic variability and its underestimation in livelihood importance, including in protracted crisis situations, but also on enhancing the potential supply of fish from dryland areas by better use of the available water bodies, and in particular from small reservoirs.
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