transboundary

To some degree, the word transboundary appears to have become more preponderant than transborder in the environmental literature, and two commonly heard phrases are “transboundary natural resource management” and “transboundary ecosystem management.”

Transborder conservation 2006

Options include (see Chapter 3): improving tenure, and recognizing the value of traditional knowledge to encourage farmer investments in soil and water conservation, which lead to more profitable agriculture; addressing resource-related conflicts through multilevel environmental and development cooperation, including bringing all stakeholders together to negotiate sharing benefits from interdependent resources, such as transboundary water.

Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 7 2008

While there are more than 263 "transboundary" river basins worldwide, there are currently very few international agreements for integrated water management, and Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, both anxious to further develop their hydroelectric potential, are feeling unjustly pressured by their more prosperous downstream neighbors.

Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009

Abhisit said there were challenges for both countries in terms of security, such as transboundary issues, which needed to be addressed jointly.

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Abhisit said there were challenges for both countries in terms of security, such as transboundary issues, which needed to be addressed jointly.

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The opposite negotiating positions are the Kyrgyz and Tajik insistence that water is as fungible and marketable as their neighbors 'hydrocarbons, while Uzbekistan is increasingly supporting the position that the Amu Darya and Syr Darya are in fact "transboundary" rivers, which accordingly makes them regional and international rather than bilateral issues.

Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2009

Last January, Micronesia filed legal action against one of the dirtiest power plants in the Czech Republic, 8,000 miles away, under the principle of "transboundary harm".

William S. Becker: Memo to Texas, Alabama & Nebraska: Mind Your Own Business William S. Becker 2010

Last January, Micronesia filed legal action against one of the dirtiest power plants in the Czech Republic, 8,000 miles away, under the principle of "transboundary harm".

William S. Becker: Memo to Texas, Alabama & Nebraska: Mind Your Own Business William S. Becker 2010

"There still is a lack of appropriate and comprehensive assessments of the transboundary and cumulative impacts of the project," said Truong Hong Tien, deputy director general of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee, a division of Vietnam's environment ministry.

Southeast Asian Nations to Discuss Laos Dam Patrick Barta 2011

Moreover, while not all forms of likely future change portend likely negative consequences, climate change, UV radiation exposure, transboundary air pollution, and economic globalization, singly and in combination have the potential to adversely affect long-standing indigenous cultural practices, livelihoods, economies, and more.

Introduction to Climate Change in the Arctic in the Context of Multiple Stressors and Resilience 2010