Management strategies - Global water cycle

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Name 3 management strategies for the global water cycle
1. Drainage basin planning. 2. Water allocations. 3. Forestry
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Name 2 multilateral organisation that fund forest protection programmes
1. UN. 2. World Bank
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Name an example of a UN project
UN's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degredation
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Name an example of a World Bank project
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)
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Name 2 ways in which multilateral organisation can provide incentives for forestry protection?
1. Provide carbon offsets. 2. Direct funding.
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Name an example of a country with a forestry programme?
Brazil
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Name the forestry programme within Brazil
The Amazon Regional Protected Areas (ARPA) programme
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Name 3 examples of multilateral organisations that support Brazil's programmes
1. UN. 2. World Bank. 3. World Wildlife Trust.
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Name 4 benefits of the Amazon Regional Protected Areas programme
1. Promotes ecotourism. 2. Offsets 400 million tonnes C/year. 3. Stablises water cycle. 4. Supports indigenous communities
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Describe what water allocations are?
Where governments have to allocate water in areas of water scarcity.
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What industry is the biggest consumer of water?
Agriculture
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What percentage does agriculture accounts for global consumption?
90%
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What percentage does agriculture account for water withdrawals globally?
70%
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Name 3 ways agriculture wastes water?
1. Over-irrigating. 2. Evaporation. 3. Inefficient water management
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Name 2 ways in which water loss can be minimised from evaporation?
1. Drip irrigation. 2. Mulching
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Name 3 ways in which water loss can be minimised from run-off?
1. Terracing. 2. Contour ploughing 3. Planting vegetation
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Name 2 ways water losses could be used through better management?
1. Better water harvesting. 2. Recovering and recycling water waste.
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Name 4 factors that impact water quality
1. Agriculture. 2. Domestic use. Recreation and leisure. 4. Industry
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Name 3 aims of drainage basin planning?
1. Reduce run-off. 2. Increase surface storage. 3. Increase groundwater storage.
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Name 2 ways run-off can be reduced?
1. Afforestation. 2. Creating permeable surfaces in urban areas.
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Name 1 way of increasing surface storage?
Restoring wetlands.
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Name 2 ways of increasing groundwater storage?
1. Limiting abstraction rates. 2. Limiting artificial recharge.
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Why is water management most effective at basin scale?
Uses a holistic approach - to accommodate conflicting demands of water users.
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Name a location of an effective drainage basin management scheme
England and Wales.
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What framework does this management use?
EU's Water Directive Framework
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What does the EU's Water Directive Framework do?
Identifies major catchments by districts.
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What does each district have for its water management?
River Basin Management Plan
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What organisation works alongside the River Basin Management Plan?
DEFRA - Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Name 3 targets set by a River Basin Management Plan
1. Water quality. 2. Abstraction rates. 3. Groundwater levels
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