Such findings have come to light more than a year after Japan's amended Water Pollution Prevention Act came into effect.
Biodiversity, which includes species, ecosystems, and ecological processes, is essential for the long-term maintenance of ecosystem services like photosynthesis, nutrient recycling, soil fertility, provision of fresh water, disaster prevention, and many others.
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Prevention strategies include filtering drinking water and discouraging people with Guinea worm from wading in water.
With projects such as Meixi Lake City, starting from scratch brings significant benefits not open to -- easily at least -- existing conurbations, such as combining water transport with energy production, superior flood prevention and urban agriculture.
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Helping resolve aspects related to planning and organization of prevention, emergency management, and sharp water course rising, with the ultimate goal of reducing human life losses, material damages and the ensuing social and economic disturbances.
It supports processes that we all often take for granted, such as air quality, climate regulation, water purification, parasite and disease control, pollination and the prevention of erosion.
The Tennessee Valley Authority said it was taking the unusual flood-prevention measure of spilling 1.5 million gallons of water per second through the Kentucky Dam near Paducah from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River.
To develop guidelines and protocols for the prevention of potential conflicts and the resolution of existing conflicts over water resources and values.
We are already studying and testing ways in which we can begin to clean some of what we have put into the water over the years, while at the same time driving inspiration for prevention and opportunities that can be sustainable for the long run.
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