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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… water supplies by increasing the water infiltration and storage capacity of wetlands/soils and increasing recharge of … through the release of water during drought from natural storage features, including soil and groundwater, surface … pressure on levees. GI can help to: ▶ Increase water storage capacity in watershed and urban areas and thus reduce …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… connectivity 17 Table I(2)-1: Estimated worldwide carbon storage by region in gigatons (Gt) 34 Table I(2)-2: … seed dispersal, greenhouse gas mitigation through carbon storage and aesthetically pleasing landscapes. Ecological … beds, mangroves) are important reservoirs for carbon storage. Well-designed and managed measures for connectivity …
Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.
… and site class- es, right to the company’s central data storage. In the absence of such an electronic system, data … (vegetation and topsoil removed); topsoil and waste storage areas roads; plants and other infrastructure; areas … part of the quarrying operations, e.g. for process water storage and supply, for settlement of sediment from washings …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… functions and services (such as carbon uptake and storage, climatic stabilization and watershed protection, and … • functions and services (such as carbon uptake and storage, climatic stabilization and watershed protection, and … salinization.94 Excessive water interception and water storage in rivers upstream of desert land has substantially …
EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation
… floodplain forests and bogs for flood prevention, water storage and CO2 intake, giving space to species to react to … immaterial resources produced by ecosystems (wood, water storage, carbon capture, potential for ecotourism, etc). It … forests, where vegetation is the primary form of carbon storage, most of the carbon stored in grasslands is in the …
Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya
… principles and guiding criteria for data collection, storage and analysis on the scale of the Mediterranean Sea. — … mineral and energy resources - hydrocarbon extraction and storage - refineries and chemical industries - heavy industry …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… in the development of systems for the collection, storage and processing of, and improved access to, existing … populations Carbon sequestration The removal and long-term storage of carbon from the atmosphere Certification See … in the development of systems for the collection, storage and processing of, and improved access to, existing …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… 2. States shall take effective measures to ensure that no storage or disposal of hazardous materials shall take place … In one case, a group of Canadian citizens alleged that the storage of radioactive waste near their homes threatened the … plant fed by wind power, the provision of water storage depots, and the provision of health and educational …