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Global Land Outlook

… are responsible for about 25 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases, while land degradation is both a cause and … land degradation at the local level as well as increased greenhouse gas emissions, reduced biodiversity, and changes in rainfall …
25 May 2026 Literature

Nature-based solutions to address climate change

… climate change, we urgently need to curb the emission of greenhouse gases produced by human activities. Given the … Their loss and degradation result in an increase in greenhouse gases. Deforestation and soil artificialization … are the source of nearly 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. Adaptation Adequately preserved ecosystems …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… natural vegetation, groundwater recharge, seed dispersal, greenhouse gas mitigation through carbon storage and aesthetically … released into the atmosphere (17 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions) is coming from stored carbon in …
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Integration of nature-based solutions into strategies to combat climate change

… or citizens; NOTING with great concern that the aggregate greenhouse gas emission levels in 2025 and 2030, resulting from the …
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Recognizing the indigenous territories as conservation areas in the Amazon Basin

… development based on activities that produce lower greenhouse gas emissions; 2. CALLS on IUCN Members active in the Amazon …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… reduce the extent of the warming through efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to sequester more greenhouse gases in the world’s ecosystems through habitat …
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The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices

… responsible for producing less than 0.1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions (Nurse and Moore, 2005). Similarly the Pacific … natural resources Intensive agriculture Mining, oil and gas 0% Figure 8. Most urgent environmental issues facing …
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Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam

… climate change, including international trading in greenhouse gas emissions (Article 84.2) and financial incentives for the …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… environment, including behaviour that reduces emissions of greenhouse gases, by: • Looking systematically at the … improve its environmental performance; • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions; • Improve energy performance at its …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… change by reducing the sources or enhancing the sinks of greenhouse gases (Staudinger et al, 2012; Locatelli et al., … of the National Park system, canals were dug for oil and gas exploration and navigation throughout the Barataria … level have only limited effects on local air quality and greenhouse gas emissions offsets, but could complement other …
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