Freshwater
Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Though the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include mineral-rich waters such as chalybeate springs. Fresh water may include water in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, and even underground water called groundwater. Water is critical to the survival of all living organisms. Some organisms can thrive on salt water, but the great majority of higher plants and most mammals need …
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Amnesty International · 9 January 2025 English
Indigenous Peoples and rural communities in the Philippines are being subjected to numerous human rights abuses amid a rapid expansion in the mining of nickel, an essential component of lithium-ion …
reported how declining water quality – with several freshwater sources described as having turned a “reddish-brown” …
WRI: World Resources Institute · 3 January 2025 English
This paper discusses the progress, practices, and action framework employed by banks to reduce and eliminate coal exposure. It introduces a three-step framework designed to guide banks in establishing procedures …
America Topics Cities Climate Energy Food Forests Freshwater Ocean Centers Economics Equity Finance International …
UN: The United Nations · 2 January 2025 English
Formats Add to Basket Details SymbolUNEP/GC/DEC/SS. [...] II/9 TitlePriority evolving environmental issues for consideration by the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. [...] Call number …
ACAPS · 2 January 2025 English
The combination of increased population displaced healthcare personnel, leading to high staff turnover and leaving critical gaps in density and limited access to clean water creates a fertile environment for …
significantly increasing exposure to waterborne diseases, freshwater aquifers, making the water unsuitable for drinking …
UN: The United Nations · 1 January 2025 English
Add to Basket Details SymbolA/CONF.151/PC/DEC/3/22 TitleProtection of the quality and supply of freshwater resources : application of integrated approaches to the development, management and use of water … Resources International Conference on Water and the Environment (1992 : Dublin) Agenda 21 (1992) FRESHWATER …
TitleProtection of the quality and supply of freshwater resources : application of integrated approaches … Environment (1992 : Dublin) Agenda 21 (1992) FRESHWATER …
UN: The United Nations · 1 January 2025 English
Formats Add to Basket Details SymbolE/C.7/DEC/2/1 TitleFollow-up to chapter 18 of Agenda 21. [...] Call number UNE(01)/R3 AuthorsUN. [...] Committee on Natural Resources (2nd sess. : 1994 : New York) …
CASS: Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies · 31 December 2024 English
The literature search for the review was carried out in November 2023 on the Scopus Electronic Database, i.e., the largest database of peer-reviewed literature.16 The search terms for identifying relevant …
declining water quality as major contributors to freshwater scarcity in Pakistan is inadequate. There is … about causes and impacts of water pollution on freshwater scarcity 3.7. Social, Cultural and Behavioural …
ERF: Economic Research Forum · 31 December 2024 English
It can also reduce unemployment, including progress towards the attainment of the SDGs halfway not only the youth and women but also adults and since the goals were adopted in …
security SDG indicator 6.4.2 shows that the rate of freshwater and the urban-transport-energy. The two nexuses … For example, electricity costs accounted for freshwater resources due to growing demand by people 44 …
UN: The United Nations · 31 December 2024 English
Adopted without vote, 50th meetingReaffirms 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 …
World Bank Group · 31 December 2024 English
This policy note synthesizes the results of collaboration between the Government of Mongolia (GoM) and the World Bank that produced a body of analytic and advisory work that can be …
and manage natural or modified terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems, which address … and manage natural or modified terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems, which address …
