water conservation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwaterandconservation
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water
noun
uk/ˈwɔː.tər/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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conservation
noun[U]
uk/ˌkɒn.səˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.sɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of ...
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These benefits include locally consumed non-timber products, biodiversity prospecting, ecotourism, carbon sequestration, soil andwaterconservation, and option and existence values.
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I recommend this text as a most useful companion for those working in the broad field of soil andwaterconservation.
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There is a danger, however, that such programs could discourage private soil andwaterconservationand crowd out private investment.
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Essentially the book is a very practical glossary of some 700-plus terms in the area of soil andwaterconservation.
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Chapters also cover mitigation throughwaterconservation, and a number of case studies.
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However, soil andwaterconservationprograms in the past have often fallen short of expectations.
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However, education may increase the value of labor, which in turn reduces probability to use labor-intensive soil andwaterconservationtechnologies.
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It is an essential concept behind land management, not just an improved alternative approach to soil andwaterconservation, as suggested by the author.
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The current program was designed for payments to reflect the higher environmental value of cloud forest forwaterconservation.
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The initial stock of land quality evolves in response to soil andwaterconservationinvestments and natural degradation due to erosion and nutrient depletion.
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The detailed attention given to the technical principles of runoff harvesting and soil andwaterconservation is enhanced by numerous clear, well annotated diagrams.
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Economists and environmentalists alike typically cite soil andwaterconservationas one of the most important of environmental services offered by tropical forests.
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These results strongly support the hypothesis that irrigationwaterconservationpolicies need to account for climatic variations.
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Charges based on pollutant concentrations may have the perverse effect of reducingwaterconservation, increasing industrial costs of treatment, and increasing pollutant damages.
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In the above circumstances, management practices that optimizewaterconservationand efficient use of precipitation are needed.
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The apparent relationship between diapause and strong desiccation resistance (fig. 1) indicates thatwaterconservationis an important component of the diapause syndrome.
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Project activities to improve soil andwaterconservationand some access to irrigation have provided opportunities to grow wheat in the rabi season.
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The latter covers matters related to farming and labour relations, marketing,waterconservationand other aspects that are often subsumed under economic, environmental and social subheadings.
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Soil andwaterconservationactivities are now widespread.
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This has been clearly the case for air pollution andwaterconservation, which are threatened by the unprecedented increase in industrial production and fertilizer use in agriculture.
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