(par 9.7.3.2) Rivers and Wetlands (taken from Enviropedia)

Rivers & Wetlands http://www.enviropaedia.com/topic/default.php?topic_id=210 Author: Dr Heather Malan and Dr Jenny Day ~ Freshwater Research Unit, UCT Rivers and wetlands provide a range of goods and services for the benefit of people, but need a healthy ecosystem in order to provide these. People need water in their homes for drinking and washing and for watering their […]

(par 9.7.3.2) Agriculture, mining and wetlands interaction

Agriculture, mining and wetlands interaction http://www.grainsa.co.za/agriculture,-mining-and-wetlands-interaction ALTHEA GRUNDLING, ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Pretoria, South Africa, PIET-LOUIS GRUNDLING, Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State Worldwide, food and water security has become a growing concern and population dynamics a reality. 2014 is the UN International Year of Family Farming – therefore the […]

Par 9.7.3.1.4 The Development of Marine Pollution Responsibilities

The development of marine pollution responsibilities https://neweralive.na/posts/the-development-of-marine-pollution-responsibilities Staff Reporter General concern over oil pollution appears to have originated in the first decade after World War 1 when, first the United States, and then the League of Nations undertook to obtain explicit international agreement on measures to combat oil pollution.  Very few states had, in the […]