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2006 Pacific Northwest Loads and Resources Study.
United States. Bonneville Power Administration. - 2008
energy deficits will be met by any combination of the following: better-than-critical water conditions, demand …
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Rivers for Life: Inspirations and Insights from the 2nd International Meeting of Dam-Affected and their Allies
Wong, Susanne; Wesley, Tara - eSocialSciences - 2006
On November 28, 2003, roughly 300 grassroots activists, people affected by large dams and representatives from NGOs gathered in a small village in Rasi Salai district in Northeast Thailand. They met for a five-day conference on large dams under the rallying cry of “Rivers for Life.â€As...
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Protecting Rivers and Rights: The World Commission on Dams Recommendations in Action
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011
The briefing kit highlights key examples of policies, regulations and laws that reflect these WCD recommendations and references specific projects that demonstrate them in action. [IRN brief]. URL: [http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/WCDbriefingkit_0.pdf].
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Report to the People on Environment and Forests: 2009-2010
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI - 2011
The present report aims to generate greater awareness and environmental consciousness amongst our citizens. The objective of the report, therefore, is to generate a national debate among various stakeholders on the key environmental issues and challenges that must be addressed to ensure a rapid...
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Final report of the Integrated Water Resources Management in Fergana Valley Project, phase 3, 1 May 2005 \u2013 31 April 2008
Manthrithilake, Herath; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Yakubov, Murat - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2008
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Water rights for variable supplies
Freebairn, John; Quiggin, John - 2006
The relative merits of different systems of property rights to allocate water among different extractive uses are …, variable supply is dealt with through the use of water entitlements defined as shares of the total quantity available. In the … second, there are two types of water entitlements, one for water with a high security of supply and the other a lower …
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...
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The 2011 Basin Plan, Climate Change and the Buy-Back
Adamson, David - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2012
to deliver water to the environment, potable water supplies for the community and water for irrigation. Water property … rights in the Murray-Darling Basin can be divided into four distinct groups (ground water, high security, general security … and supplementary) reflecting their inherent capacity to deliver water supplies in response to climatic conditions in a …
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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....
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