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… GLOBAL LAN D OUTLOOK First Edition GLOBAL LAND OUTLOOK First Edition ©UNCCD, 2017 Secretariat of the … Partners GLO Contributing Partners THE ECONOMICS OF LAND DEGRADATION The objective of the United Nations … large tracts of arable land, usually with water rights and access to transport infrastructure, as a hedge against future …

… in Brazil that cover an area of 75 million hectares of land. National parks, of which there are 70, are one of … Africa covering over 3.7 million hectares of protected land representing the indigenous fauna, flora, landscapes and … 1-11: Urban protected areas and people 1. Provide access for all; reach out to diverse ethnic groups and the …

… List of Acronyms AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use CAS Climate Adaptation Services CBD Convention on … as well as more conventional solutions such as improving access to food and making trade policy more supportive of … restoration approaches (Kumar et al.,2015), and addressing land tenure issues. Food security is addressed by the …

… protected areas in southern Australia 88 6.9 Restoring the land and honouring the history of Lyell Island in Gwaii … degraded. Humanity directly affects 83 per cent of the land surface (Sanderson et al., 2002) and 100 per cent of the … as appropriate and temporarily limit public access when a natural disturbance makes the ecosystem more …

… 64 7.3 Transparency and Access to Information … when numerous upstream landholders dedicate their land to intensive agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when forest owners convert their forest land to agricultural land. In these cases, down- stream water …

… equity, in natural resource management • Improve women’s access to natural resources and participation in … with a poor or bad EWI cover almost half of the planet’s land and inland water surface. Those with a medium EWI cover a further 43%. Only 8.6% of land area is covered by countries with a fair EWI. Combining …

… of the Marine Environment against Pollution from Land-Based Sources … such as the Alps and the Arctic. Almost half the Earth’s land surface lies within 263 international river basins – … 1998, Aarhus Convention on Information, Participation, and Access to Remedies in Environmental Matters. International …

… East. Her work focuses on landscape stewardship, private land con- servation, and community involvement in protected … V Task Force of WCPA. He has written and lectured on land- scape and now serves on the boards of several major … global database, but whether the communities involved have access to effective conservation mechanisms. The fact that …

… (MDGs). Currently, 1.6 billion people in the world lack access to electricity and over 2.5 billion people depend on … and processing. As coconut grows in coastal areas valuable land is not removed from agriculture. Ecosystem preservation … initiative, 2005). Drylands—covering 40% of the world’s land mass and inhabited by only one-third of the world’s …

… Approach – a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at … an on-line questionnaire. For those with limited internet access, the questionnaire was also distributed by e-mail or … of wastes n Coastal and marine resources n Freshwater n Land n Energy n Tourism n Biodiversity resources n National …