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
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use 2013
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spelling okr-10986-150062021-04-23T14:03:12Z Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water Dudley, Nigel Stolton, Sue 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 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 water quality, and contaminated water spreads a vast and largely unnecessary burden in terms of short and long-term health impacts including infant mortality, with knock-on effects on ability to work, industrial productivity and on already over-stretched health services. The poorest members of society, unable to afford sterilized or bottled water, suffer the greatest impacts. Similar problems affect the rural poor as well of course, and sometimes these can be even more severe. However, in a rapidly urbanizing world the scale of the problem facing cities is particularly acute. 2013-08-12T17:08:50Z 2013-08-12T17:08:50Z 2003-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/5134624/importance-forest-protected-areas-drinking-water-running-pure 2-88085-262-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15006 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Dudley, Nigel
Stolton, Sue
Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water
description 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 water quality, and contaminated water spreads a vast and largely unnecessary burden in terms of short and long-term health impacts including infant mortality, with knock-on effects on ability to work, industrial productivity and on already over-stretched health services. The poorest members of society, unable to afford sterilized or bottled water, suffer the greatest impacts. Similar problems affect the rural poor as well of course, and sometimes these can be even more severe. However, in a rapidly urbanizing world the scale of the problem facing cities is particularly acute.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Dudley, Nigel
Stolton, Sue
author_facet Dudley, Nigel
Stolton, Sue
author_sort Dudley, Nigel
title Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water
title_short Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water
title_full Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water
title_fullStr Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water
title_full_unstemmed Running Pure : The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water
title_sort running pure : the importance of forest protected areas to drinking water
publisher World Bank/WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use
publishDate 2013
url 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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