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Global Land Outlook

… paper and pulp companies focus on the trees, while the mining and energy sectors are primarily concerned with what … paper and pulp companies focus on the trees, while the mining and energy sectors are primarily concerned with what … paper and pulp companies focus on the trees, while the mining and energy sectors are primarily concerned with what …
16 Jun 2026 Literature

Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges

… and (ii) the restoration of a forest area degraded by gold mining. Recent work by the CBD supports further … in the river’s historic floodplain including gravel mining and urbanization diminish the river’s ability to scour … artificial banks created along the riverbank during gravel mining operations, which sought to prevent river flooding …
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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… of Actions and Areas to Environmental Compensation in Mining and Infrastructure Projects of Colombia (author: César … based on five pillars of development, namely agriculture, mining and energy, infrastructure, housing, and innovation. … growth. In this socio-economic and environmental context, mining and extractive activities are one of the central …
16 Jun 2026 Literature

Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 22 2.4.2 Offshore mining and drilling … as trade, transport, agriculture, industrial development, mining, and tourism in the community (Article112, 1(e)). The … most destructive to mountain areas, such as extractive mining and large-scale dams, have few or no international …
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The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices

… of renewable natural resources Intensive agriculture Mining, oil and gas 0% Figure 8. Most urgent environmental … n Oceania n Indian Ocean n West Africa 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% Mining, oil and gas Invasive species Population growth and/or … in areas experiencing negative effects from logging, mining, oil palm development, fisheries activities. It aims …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… uses (such as agriculture, settlements, manufacturing, mining), and many of these uses may have potentially negative … fisheries management, agriculture, water management, mining) and others responsible for providing infrastructure … for private use; the agency responsible for granting mining leases; and agencies responsible for constructing …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… of abandoned soil, waste sand and slag generated from mining, quarrying, road construction, house building and … irrational land use, overgrazing, excessive mining and denudation, and exploitation of water resources. … Forest and grasslands have been destroyed by engineering, mining and transportation construction, which are major …
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Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… migration. For example, it is thought that widespread mining and extensive deforestation in Mindanao were the cause … heavily loaded with sediments, domestic sewerage and mining by-products. During heavy rains and flooding, this …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… under great threat. These land use changes, including mining, and resource extraction pressures compromise the … vulnerabilities to climate change. The main industry is mining of nickel, copper and other precious metals, the … the largest deposits of these metals in North America. The mining industry was established in the late 1800s and has …
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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… threats including deforestation, alien invasive species, mining, natural hazards and climate change. Extreme climatic …
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