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Coverage of water markets since April 1, 2020.

Quebec to inject $117M to help Montreal fight climate change

"...She said that by doing so, it is the equivalent of removing more than 3,000 vehicles from the road. About $63 million of the province's funding will be used to decarbonize buildings. The City of Montreal will inject $28 million, an amount that was already planned for the energy conversion of buildings..."

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Pandemic or no, Montrealers find a way to celebrate their moms

"...MONTREAL -- Despite public health restrictions being in place for the second year in a row, Montrealers found a way to celebrate their moms on Sunday..."

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Mi’kmaq solidarity group rallies in front of Clearwater Market

"...Demonstrators stood outside the Clearwater Market in Bedford Thursday, organized by anti-capitalist group Solidarity Kjipuktuk/Halifax. The group says the existence of Clearwater's massive year-round offshore operation poses a “serious threat” to Mi'kmaq livelihood fishing..."

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Should go the way of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation

"...There is much that is similar in terms of original policy rationale compared to reality today. Both the CBC and the FFMC were founded in a period of Canadian history that was very different than today. The FFMA came out of the 1966 Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Freshwater Marketing (the co-called “McIvor Report”)..."

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Montreal's outdoor markets open with COVID-19-friendly makeovers

"...MONTREAL -- The Atwater Market has reopened after a COVID-19 makeover..."

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Montreal's south-west borough closes pedestrian bridge to encourage physical distancing

"...A narrow pedestrian bridge near the Atwater Market has been closed to pedestrians in an attempt to encourage social distancing. As Global's Kwabena Oduro explains, cyclists and pedestrians will now have to use the much wider Charlevoix bridge, which is now closed off to cars..."

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Quebec encouraging people to shop local during COVID-19 pandemic

"...MONTREAL -- Businesses and organizations are working together to stimulate the local economy in Quebec as the COVID-19 pandemic continues..."

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Water trading as a tool to combat economic losses in agriculture under climate change

"...In this study, agricultural water productivity is used to evaluate the value of irrigation water, and an analytical framework is developed to quantify potential economic efficiency gains within the river basin if water markets were to be implemented under future hydroclimate conditions..."

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Policy Options of Over-Pumping Control in the NCP

"...These policies include the requirement of permits for well drilling, a well spacing policy, pumping quota management, water resources fee collection, setting of irrigation water prices, a water rights system, water markets, and more..."

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Securing the market: Water security and the internal contradictions of Chile’s Water Code

"...It has two objectives: to examine how the water policy framework has shaped responses to acute water scarcity, based on a case study of the La Ligua river basin during the 201415 drought, and to explore how water-society relations have influenced the nature and implications of these responses..."

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An evaluation of groundwater institutions in India: a property rights perspective

"...Unregulated groundwater extraction rates in South Asia have depleted the aquifers causing a raft of socioeconomic, environmental and human health problems..."

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Water Tariffs

"...Tariffication is a major challenge of water resource management, as it raises technical and economic questions simultaneously, that can become very complex, both in theory and in implementation..."

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Islamic Institutional Arrangements of the Aflaj Systems Maintenance in Sultanate of Oman: Operation of the Different Aflaj Type

"...The aflaj (singular falaj) among the most ancient system in Sultanate of Oman, not only collect/extract water from alluvial aquifers, but characterized by holding traditional knowledge/institutional arrangements based upon Muslim jurist view..."

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Pricing of water rights transactions for major water transfer projects considering water quantity and quality

"...Water rights transactions are an important way for countries to use market mechanisms to optimize the allocation of water resources..."

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Water Markets

"...The establishment of water markets is one option for water management, but it requires particularly detailed planning and a complex institutional framing..."

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The effects of water markets: Evidence from the Rio Grande

"...We find that such reallocations are especially prevalent in times of drought..."

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