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Guidelines, recommendations, background reports and studies |
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Recommendations on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Integrated Water Resources Management
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Strategies for monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters
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Transboundary water cooperation in the newly independent States, 2003
UNECE, UNEP/ROE, Ministry for Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Agency for Environmental Assessments "Ecoterra"
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Guidelines on Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary and International Lakes: UNECE Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment:
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Background paper - General properties and monitoring practices of selected transboundary/international lakes, 2002
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Part A: Strategy document, 2002
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Part B: Technical guidelines, 2003. Russian: Parts A and B, 2004 |

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An inventory of transboundary estuaries and their current monitoring practices
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Technical report: Guidance to operation of water quality laboratories, 2002 UNECE Task Force on Laboratory Quality Management and Accreditation
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1.8 MB |
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UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
Guidelines on Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary Rivers
English version, 2000
Russian version, 2001
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UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
Biological Assessment Methods for Watercourses
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UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
State of the Art on Monitoring and Assessment of Rivers
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UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
Quality Assurance
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UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
Guidelines on Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary Groundwater, 2000
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Guidelines on Sustainable Flood Prevention, 2000
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Comparing two United Nations Conventions on Water, 2000
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Water management: Guidance on public participation and compliance with agreements, 2000
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on waste-water treatment, 1988 (ECE/CEP/10)
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on the protection of soil and aquifers against non-point source pollution, 1988 (ECE/CEP/10)
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1.3 MB |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on dam safety with particular emphasis on small dams, 1989 (ECE/CEP/10)
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1.9 MB |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on waste-water management, 1991 (ECE/CEP/10)
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1.7 MB |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on the protection of inland waters against eutrophication, 1992 (ECE/CEP/10)
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on ecosystems-based water management, 1992 (ECE/CEP/10)
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2.7 MB |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on the five R policies - Reduction, replacement, recovery, recycling and reutilization of industrial products, residues or wastes, 1992 (ECE/CEP/10)
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2.2 MB |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on water quality criteria and objectives
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1.2 MB |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on the prevention of water pollution from hazardous substances, 1994 (ECE/CEP/10)
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1.1 MB |
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Guidelines on licensing waste-water discharges from point sources into transboundary waters, 1996 (ECE/CEP/11)
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on specific measures to prevent, control and reduce groundwater pollution from chemical storage facilities and waste-disposal sites, 1996 (ECE/CEP/11)
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ISARM: Internationally shared (transboundary) aquifer resources management, 2001, (UNESCO-FAO-IAH-UNECE)
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Other UNECE Guidelines, recommendations, codes of conduct, charters and decisions related to water, not available on line, are listed below.
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Guidelines on water-quality monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers, 1996 (ECE/CEP/11) |
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Guidelines for ECE Governments on the prevention and control of water pollution from fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture, 1995 (ECE/CEP/10)
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Guidelines on the ecosystem approach in water management, 1993 (ECE/ENVWA/31) |
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Code of Conduct on Accidental Pollution of Transboundary Inland Waters, 1990 (ECE/ENVWA/16). |
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Charter on Groundwater Management, 1989 (ECE/ENVWA/12) |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on Rational Use of Water in Industrial Processes, 1987 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on Water-management Systems, 1987 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |
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ECE Declaration of Policy on the Rational Use of Water, 1984 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on Drinking Water Supply and Effluent Disposal System, 1982 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on Water Pollution from Animal Production, 1981 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on Economic Instruments for Rational Utilization of Water Resources, 1980 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on Rational Utilization of Water, 1979 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on Selected Water Problems in Islands and Coastal Areas with special regard to Desalination and Ground Water, 1978 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |
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Recommendations to ECE Governments on Long-term Planning of Water Management, 1976 (ECE/ENVWA/2) |