Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water

This report focuses on one specific interaction: the role of forests, and particularly protected forests, in maintaining quality of drinking water for large cities. There are many reasons for this focus: many city dwellers already face a crisis of...

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Main Authors:	Dudley, Nigel, Stolton, Sue
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use 2013
Subjects:	ABSORPTION ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESS TO WATER ADEQUATE WATER AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL AREAS AGRICULTURE AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARID REGIONS ARIDITY AVALANCHES BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CATCHMENT CATCHMENTS CERTIFICATION CLEAN WATER CLEAN WATER ACT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLOUDS COLLECTION OF WATER CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CONTAMINANTS CONTAMINATED WATER CROPS DAMS DESALINATION DIVERSION DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES DROUGHT DRY SEASON ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES EROSION EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPLOITATION FARMERS FARMING FARMING PRACTICES FIELD CAPACITY FISH FISHERIES FLOODING FLOODS FOREST MANAGEMENT FORESTRY FORESTS FRESHWATER FRESHWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER SOURCES HABITAT CONSERVATION HYDROLOGY INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INVASIVE SPECIES IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION WATER LAKES LAND COVER LAND USE LEAKAGE LEGISLATION MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MUNICIPAL WATER NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES PASTURE PESTICIDES PIPED WATER PLAINS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESSURE PRODUCTIVITY PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES PURE WATER QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS QUALITY WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RECREATION RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES RESERVOIRS RICE RIVER RIVERS RUNOFF SAFE WATER SALINITY SANITATION SEA SEAS SEDIMENT SEDIMENT LOAD SEDIMENT YIELD SEDIMENTATION SEEPAGE SNOWMELT SOIL SOIL EROSION SOIL MOISTURE SOIL STRUCTURE SOIL TYPES SOURCES OF WATER STREAMS SUBSIDENCE SURFACE WATERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE SWAMPS TAP WATER TAPS TIMBER TRANSPORTATION TREATMENT PLANTS TREE PLANTING TREES URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WATER AUTHORITIES WATER CONSERVATION WATER DISTRICTS WATER FLOW WATER LOGGING WATER MANAGEMENT WATER NEEDS WATER QUALITY WATER RECYCLING WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE INITIATIVES WATER RESOURCES WATER SERVICES WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER TABLES WATER TREATMENT WATER USE WATER YIELD WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WELLS WITHDRAWAL OF WATER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/5134624/importance-forest-protected-areas-drinking-water-running-pure http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15006

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15006

Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water

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