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

Clean water is scarce.

Clean water is scarce.

Resources are scarce.

Hard Wisdom for Scarce Water

In Central Africa, they include the competition for scarce land and water resources in densely populated areas.

You need to use scarce resources.

Emergency flood plans are being developed and people advised on how to manage the scarce water resources in case of drought.

(f) Scarce natural resources or an inability to use available resources efficiently

3. Reaffirms the concept of water as a scarce and vulnerable resource needed for the integrated development and management of land and water resources in the framework of the national planning process, including its linkages to economic and social objectives, land and ocean resources

The risk was a less than optimal allocation of scarce resources, or a waste of resources.

Developing countries must improve their policies governing the critical sectors of water, energy, transport and trade, including pricing policies. This would help reduce consumption of scarce natural resources.

Girls get aborted before they're even born when there are scarce resources.

Refugees often create an unexpected and massive demand for scarce natural resources such as land, fuel, water, food and shelter materials, with long term implications for their sustainable regeneration.

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

In managing the economy we must make the best use of scarce resources.

To assist in allocating scarce resources, a second criterion has recently been added.

Water resources

Replace water resources management with water resources development, management and use

Replace water resources management with water resources development, management and use

As the primary capacity building partner of Palestinian institutions such as the Palestinian Water and Environment Authorities, and through the implementation of several Global Environment Facility projects, UNDP also promotes environmental awareness and the protection of scarce natural resources, particularly water.

Farmers living in areas where food security and resources are scarce lack financial capital.

Where Member States invest scarce resources, we have an obligation to maximize their impact.

(3) Water Resources

A. Water resources

110. It was necessary to develop cooperation between all levels of Governments, communities and non governmental organizations in order to establish a better understanding of the nature and value of scarce water resources.

This is the result of scarce financial resources, which should provide for better work conditions.

We remain committed to democratic institutions, and we continuously allocate scarce resources to human development.

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.

Because of its dependence on a healthy global environment, the tourism industry is acutely sensitive to environmental change and degradation, including from chemicals, wastes, increased pressure on scarce water resources and climate change effects.

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c) Facilitating informed management decisions based on reliable data analysis in an environment of scarce resources.

Both are important, and both require allocation of scarce resources that are increasingly hard to acquire.

And it is largely an issue that we've created for ourselves through unsustainable use of scarce resources.

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

Water resources are running low.

(i) Committee on Water Resources

Water is becoming scarce, there are holes in the ozone layer and, along with biodiversity, the Amazon is being destroyed.

From scarce nothing, from scarce nothing seems to swell.

Moreover, the continuing struggles between the agencies over access to GEF resources have sometimes resulted in duplication, overlap, delay, and wastes of scarce resources.

Water resources Almost all reporting Parties provided information on the impacts of climate change on their water resources.

And the limiting factor, there and here, is not resources, because they're plentiful, but knowledge, which is scarce.

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

However, despite legislative developments, the financial resources allocated to integration were scarce, particularly in the field of education.

Promoting safe and sustainable water supplies through improved water resources management