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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… 1 1.2 The Integrated Ecosystem Management Concept … of the world’s worst land degradation (LD) problems. The arid, semi-arid, and sub-humid (dryland) zones of Western PRC cover …
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Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)

… (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Global Ecosystem Management Programme Commission on Ecosystem … on Coolibah – Black Box Woodland, an ecosystem on a semi-arid floodplain in eastern Australia (Keith et al., 2009). In … ecosystem engineers (Green et al., 2011). Invasion of arid Australian shrublands and grasslands by Buffel Grass …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

Ecosystem Management Series No. 9 Ecosystem-based adaptation … in species richness due to land degradation in semi-arid areas. Negative impacts of massive ecosystem degradation … potential and low production risk, especially in semi-arid regions. Isolated wetlands in the Sahel are thus natural …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… GREEN Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related … Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related … D.L. and Thibault, J.R. (2005). The flood pulse in a semi-arid riparian forest: metabolic and biogeochemical responses …
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Global Land Outlook

… change, securing biodiversity and the delivery of critical ecosystem services is underappreciated. Land is of … varnish,” part mineral, part microbial coating typical of arid areas. For the Pitjantjatjara and Anangu cultures, they … stated “that those countries which are now treeless and arid deserts, part of Egypt, Syria, Persia, and so forth, …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … on vegetation history and climate, with restoration in arid areas being more challenging. What are protected areas? … Restoring drylands in the Middle East Global drylands—as arid and semi-arid lands are often called—support a third of …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values. The definition is … and associated cultural heritage of the country in arid, coastal, mountain and bushveld habitats. With the … wildlife migration from over 200,000 hectares of semi-arid savanna. Electric fences along the park’s northern, …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… 1.3.3 NbS as an umbrella concept for ecosystem-related approaches .. 1.4 NbS initiatives at IUCN … Colorado General background Water resources in the semi-arid southwestern US are under increasing pressure from … The overarching challenge in transitional and semi-arid riparian systems is managing the uncertainty associated …
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