Making Water Conservation Pay

And as a result of this program, something's happening for conservation.

Regarding soil and water conservation, improved irrigation techniques, introduction of water use policies and monitoring of competing uses and demands for water, soil and water conservation techniques, and flood controls were seen as important.

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

Many countries have successfully used water tariff structures to promote water conservation and discourage waste, while meeting the needs of the poor.

Options for North South environmental technology transfer on a preferential basis by agreement could include waste water treatment, water conservation and desalinization.

Interventions to increase agricultural productivity to reduce poverty and hunger through greater extraction of water must be balanced with water conservation measures.

Providing economic incentives to farmers and industries, for example in the form of low interest credit, tax relief and subsidies, could encourage investments in water conservation, low cost waste water treatment, soil conservation and other land management practices.

Maintenance and rational use of water conservation projects and flood prevention facilities involving transboundary waters.

In central and eastern Europe, soil conservation activities are implemented with the support of initiatives focusing mainly on combating soil erosion, land fertility management and water conservation.

(b) To ensure that transboundary waters are used with the aim of ecologically sound and rational water management, conservation of water resources and environmental protection

UNICEF and the Water and Sanitation Program are collaborating on a number of initiatives.

(ix) Article 7 of the Revised African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 2003, Water

c) the conservation of forested and other catchment areas and the coordination and planning of water resources development projects,

Most of the adaptation options identified for agriculture relate to crop management, land management, and soil and water conservation.

Most of the projects aimed to increase access to water and food production and to conservation of acacia trees.

Water scarcity could be addressed through modern water conservation techniques in agriculture (such as drip irrigation, on farm water management, lining of watercourses and canals, etc.) and through more traditional techniques (such as rainwater harvesting).

(v) Article 7, paragraph 3 of the Revised African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 2003, Water

In Africa, the ongoing initiatives for rehabilitating degraded land are focused on reforestation, soil conservation and integrated management of water resources.

The Contracting Parties shall, in view of the role of water in the functioning of natural ecosystems, take all appropriate measures towards the conservation of their underground and surface water resources.

The Contracting Parties shall, in view of the role of water in the functioning of natural ecosystems, take all appropriate measures towards the conservation of their underground and surface water resources.

(i) Article 8 of the Association of South East Asian Nations Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1985, Water

Their activities are mainly concerned with the recovery of degraded land, the rehabilitation of the natural environment, and water and soil conservation.

UNIDO also works on manufacturing conservation agriculture technologies, mainly water harvesting and zero tillage, bamboo and oil palm plantations and downstream oil.

Though UNICEF involvement will vary depending on factors such as water scarcity and pollution problems, all UNICEF WASH programmes in every priority country should include an element of water protection and conservation.

Activities cover such areas as information, awareness creation, reforestation, water and soil conservation, regeneration of rangelands, ecotourism and the promotion of renewable energies.

(i) Article 8, paragraph 1 of the Association of South East Asian Nations Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1985, Water

WFP also carried out programmes on land conservation and water management in other sub Saharan countries such as Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

K. Hinman, Ocean Roulette Conserving Swordfish, Sharks and Other Threatened Pelagic Fish in Longline Infested Water, Virginia National Coalition for Marine Conservation, February 1998, p. 8.

Conservation

Each Contracting Party is entitled, within its territory, to an equitable share in the development, conservation and use of the water resources in the shared river basins.

f. Conservation, protection, development, and economy of use of the water resources of the international drainage basin and the costs of measures taken to achieve these purposes

Other options included restructuring and construction of water infrastructure and reduction of leakage and construction of solar desalination systems despite high initial cost, and the implementation of nature and forest conservation measures to stabilize watersheds, and thus water resources.

Water quality for more than 700 million people could be significantly improved by adopting conservation practices in watersheds. And at least one in four cities examined would find such interventions financially viable, based solely on savings from avoided water treatment costs.

Coupled with the energy conservation and emission reduction program winds down, most steel plants will generally resume production by around December 15. Products will gradually make their way to markets across the country before New Year s Day.

The Parties shall establish and implement policies for the planning, conservation, management, utilization and development of underground and surface water, as well as the harvesting and use of rain water, and shall endeavour to guarantee for their populations a sufficient and continuous supply of suitable water, taking appropriate measures with due regard to

Fishy Conservation Efforts

World Conservation Union

Ensure that clean water is available and accessible to all by the year 2000 and that the environmental protection and conservation plans are designed and implemented to restore polluted water systems and rebuild damaged watersheds. (Strategic Objective K.2, Actions to Be Taken (l)

Energy conservation and efficiency

Tourism and biodiversity conservation

The Economics of Conservation

World Conservation Union (IUCN).

The World Conservation Union

Within the primary partnership with national governments, UNICEF will collaborate closely with agencies that include including the World Bank, the Water and Sanitation Program, the Regional Development Banks, WHO, the International Water and Sanitation Centre, the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.