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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… South Asia regions) (OECD-FAO 2013). Unsustainable cotton farming uses large amounts of water, with significant … of leather therefore can exert a significant demand on the livestock sector. The livestock sector is the world’s largest land user with …
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EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation

… . . . . . . . . . . 83 II. High Nature Value (HNV) Farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … notably due to a decline in the use of traditional livestock breeds and crop varieties. By the early 1980s (20 … mowing after 1 July; maximum grazing density of 1 livestock unit*/ha; no ploughing): EUR 124/ha/year • No …
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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… villagers formed a group to stop the logging and shrimp farming. Their efforts were successful and the gate was … rice. Over 80 percent of the population owns and manages livestock on communal rangelands (Hendy 1980). Higher livestock densities and the expansion of cash crop …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… systems (such as crop production, nomadic and sedentary livestock raising, and provision of infrastructure). The … of country autonomous organizations and NGOs, the role of farming organs (farmers’ associations, economic-aid units) … land capacity conservation, forest management and good livestock husbandry. Thus, LD had become severe and …
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The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation

… of relevance to professionals and practioners active in farming, forestry, fisheries, protected areas, urban planning … cycles. In the Niger-Nigeria border region, transhumant livestock herders move several hundred km north and then … the vast majority of whom are small-scale farmers or livestock producers. These decisions are amenable to new 1 0 …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… pastoral nomadic way of life: pastoral, in that they kept livestock, and nomadic, in that they moved with their animals … them to regenerate and flower before being besieged by livestock. With dakhl, a system chiefly used by the Muzeina … inhabited by local Sherpa people that practiced farming and herding. As the interna- tionally accepted …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… hostile. Box 25: Skiyo village in Pakistan manages livestock perdition. Box 26: Whose control is local control? … way for large-scale development of export-oriented prawn farming, or to be filled for use as construction land. … Marco Polo sheep. Primary research indicated that livestock grazing is not detrimental for the protected …
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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… of animals in ways that may be similar to a conventional livestock farm (Cousins et al., 2008). The latter examples … strictly protected categories, to maintain traditional farming practices. This action has been documented in … which over 70 per cent of Kenya’s wildlife co-exists with livestock. These are savannah and bush habitats in which …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… conservancies have been confined to private commercial farming land whose owners Country TFCA TBNRMA SDI/DC Angola 0 … and generate income primarily from wildlife and not from livestock and crop produc- tion systems. The argument by … ranches has created an additional complication with livestock production particularly for beef export markets. To …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… achieved. REFERENCES Anon. (1984). A survey of wildlife farming operations. Confidential report by the Wildlife Trade … the unrest in Chad resulted in large numbers of people and livestock encroaching on Manova-Gounda St Floris Park (Sayer, … (sometimes with official sanction) as an alleged killer of livestock, especially sheep. Despite such persecution, it …
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