Sammanfattning
The world’s marine areas, lakes, rivers, wetlands, deltas and groundwater aquifers and the ecosystem services they provide are of out most importance, not least for the poorest people. But they are also highly affected by human change. The degradation of freshwater, terrestrial and marine environments has a direct impact on biodiversity and crucial ecosystem services leading to negative effects on livelihoods, human health, food and water security. Climate change is a factor that aggravates these problems as water is the primary medium through which climate change influences the Earth’s ecosystems.
Development interventions are often based on a sectoral and/or a geographical approach making them poorly suited tools for addressing these challenges and impacts in the system as a whole. Practices, following in line with the segmentation of policies, procedures and regulations, are normally directed toward maximising local benefits and are considering upstream and/or downstream impacts to a lesser degree, resulting in benefits for one sector but having negative consequences on another.
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Tematik: Ekonomisk utvecklingMiljö och klimat
Geografiskt område: Global
Språk: Engelska