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

… 39 3.7.3 Acceleration of poverty and effects on social stability … biodiversity, more frequent natural disasters, worsening poverty and social instability. Chapter 4 – summarizes the … PRC-GEF Partnership Program) was established to alleviate poverty, control land degradation (LD), and develop ways to …
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Global Land Outlook

… – and determine success or failure in delivering poverty reduction, food and water security, and climate … while land degradation is both a cause and a result of poverty. Over 1.3 billion people, mostly in the developing … Land Degradation Neutrality, and the related objectives of poverty reduction, food and water security, biodiversity and …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… families that are now moving below the basic needs poverty line. This suggests that the flooding has pushed many below the poverty line, while further increasing the hardship of those already living below the poverty line. As such, current social vulnerabilities of many …
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Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation

… faced by a community as well as underlying risks (such as poverty) that may exacerbate vulnerabilities of that … Human Development Index: 0.402 (ranks 185th in the world) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines: 40.1% Main drivers of ecosystem change: • Loss …
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Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… disaster risk reduction EDPRS Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (Rwanda) EE Ecological Engineering … systems based on commercial tree species to support poverty alleviation); and • Type 3: solutions that involve … it also contributes to various SDGs such as SDG 1 (no poverty), 2 (no hunger), 3 (good health and well- being), 6 …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… Programme, Working for Woodlands, South Africa: Poverty, carbon and restoration 80 6.5 Applying traditional … (Troya & Curtis, 1998). To support societal goals such as poverty alleviation, sustainable livelihoods, human health etc. Poverty can lead to environmental degradation, so restoration …
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African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas

… has the potential to make an important contribution to poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation. Realizing … supporting agro-forestry, equitable benefits sharing and poverty reduction, the Ekuri Initiative has addressed … fire and flood, as well as food insecurity, illiteracy and poverty in Ekuri community in Cross River State, Nigeria. …
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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… hazards, and 3) the vulnerability, for example, level of poverty, quality of infrastructure, etc. (Renaud et al., … climate regulation, hazard mitigation, livelihood support, poverty alleviation and water security derived from a well … as well as in reducing underlying vulnerabilities such as poverty. With climate predictions of hazards becoming more …
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Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… Goals, especially those related to hunger (SDG #2), poverty reduction (SDG#1), and the ocean (SDG#14). 2. Changes … Goals, especially those related to hunger (SDG #2), poverty reduction (SDG#1), and sustainable use of the oceans, …
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The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices

… funding for (inter alia) many projects to help alleviate poverty, promote trade and support sustainable urban … these areas to the development of small island states and poverty alleviation by promoting sustainable food policies … coastline change, traditional knowledge and management, poverty reduction, and best practice in freshwater …
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