Sentences with phrase «poor water management»
High population growth, rising consumption, pollution and poor water management posed significant threats, he said, adding that climate change was also making «a bad situation worse».
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As an example, a 2013 study has shown that farmers» poor land - management practices in the case of maize production in the UK has led to increased surface water runoff9 that apparently contributed to the severity of the recent flooding in the UK, as recently reported in the news10.
In global agriculture, 35 percent of annual water is wasted because of «poor resource management.»
The legacy of poor environmental management and protection efforts during the Soviet period and the lack of financial resources and legal enforcement programs to support and direct clean - up effort in Post-Soviet Russia combine to allow continued use of high radiation homes and water pollution spreading at an alarming rate.
But there is growing evidence that pressures on water resources associated with poor management, increasing populations, and human - caused climate changes are now influencing regional security in new and disturbing ways.
WWF lists several reasons: poor fisheries management; fishing pirates that don't respect fishing laws or agreements; massive bycatch of young fish and other marine species; subsidies that keep too many boats on the water; destructive fishing practices; and unfair Fisheries Partnership Agreements that allow foreign fleets to overfish in the waters of developing countries.
Could be caused by disruption of electricity supply, poisoning of water supply, or long severe drought combined with poor management of water storages.
Efforts by Asian business and government to buy and control overseas farm land and water resources are different: it is the end game choice after overpopulation, water pollution, and soil erosion from poor land management have taken their toll.Export tariffs are not a sustainable solution, I'd agree.
However, Pakistan water experts believe that poor land management, outdated irrigation systems, and logging are at least as much to blame as the rainfall.