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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… defined as a “dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment … to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems, which address societal challenges …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… waters 0 51.3 32,896.3 0 0 121.1 0.03 Grazing modified pastures 0 147.6 51.3 52.4 35.2 244.7 0.05 Intensive … New Zealand’s coastal dune ecosystems have become heavily modified in recent decades and the space available for dunes … worldwide (Nordstrom, 1994). They are among the most modified of all New Zealand ecosystems having undergone major …