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Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and … (e.g. carbon sequestration and water quality). The average yield increase was 79%, depending on crop type, and all crops … temperatures, as indicated by the number of days with maximum temperature exceeding 350C, will continue to become …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… stimuli. The effect may be direct (e.g. a change in crop yield in response to a change in the mean, range or … people depend to adapt to climate change, EbA integrates sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services in a … and delivers contrasting total rainfall patterns and maximum intensities. In general, with greater intensities of …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… by step, how to generate persuasive arguments for more sustainable and equitable development decisions in water … capital which, if managed sustainably and used wisely, can yield a flow of economic benefits for current and future … obtained from hydrological surveys, which estimated the maximum water storage capacity of the marsh at 11 million …
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Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… CHAPTER 3 Inland Wetlands 35 CASE STUDIES conservation and sustainable management of inland wetlands 46 for sustainable … of NTFPs to households is around `3,039 (US$ 50) with a maximum of `125,400 (US$ 2,060) (based on imputed prices). As … plant material No. of cattle grazed; irrigated area crop yield; health status of people Regulating services Change in …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation

… solutions to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable development. Working with many partners and … showed similar results, noting for example that sorghum yield with zaï alone was 1290 Kg/ha while it was 1330 Kg/ha … used to determine different avalanche patterns such as maximum runouts and maximum impact pressures for the current …
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The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?

… Economics for Non-economists. Techniques and policies for sustainable development, (World Scientific Publishing, 2005) … its flora and fauna.43 The study concluded that if the maximum possible benefits were achieved, the revenue would be … in the more likely case, benefits lower than the possible maximum were achieved, the revenue would be €2 billion. If …
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Safeguarding the contribution of wild living resources and ecosystems to food security

… and food security of the poor and vulnerable, as well as sustainable development and poverty reduction more broadly … “Maintain or restore stocks to levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield with the aim of achieving these goals for depleted …
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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… landscapes are so important for conserva- tion and sustainable development that they deserve special protection. … as well as ulluco, oca and mashua. Yields are lower than maximum yields obtained with intensive agriculture as there … their farms. Rather than focusing on the maximisation of yield or income, they recognise the need to spread risks by …
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Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam

… Programme (ARBCP). The goal of ARBCP is to improve the sustainable management of natural resources and the … dry timber, and dead trees, and to harvest bamboo with a maximum cutting intensity of 30% when the forest cover … reaches 80%; • harvest timber by selective cutting with a maximum cutting intensity of 20% of the total stand volume, …
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Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods

… maintain the flow of ecosystem services and, in turn, will yield both immediate and long-term dividends to human … have sufficient examples to show that the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity can contribute to poverty … that have either reached or are very close to their maximum limits, with no room for further expansion. Another …
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