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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… 4.6 Risk and uncertainty analysis … water and stabilize slopes, thereby reducing the risks and disaster caused by storms. Deforestation is a major cause of … a trade-off between a more constant supply of water and a reduction in total available water volume. 4 For the purposes …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… use in CBNRM 35 Has CBNRM contributed to poverty reduction? 37 Lessons from CBNRM 38 Implications of these … or development. In cases where conservation activities risk making poor people worse off, there are ethical and … food banks and agricultural cooperatives • plan for better disaster management with communities • provide access rights …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… tenure rights of others. They should include appropriate risk management systems to prevent and address adverse … where fragmentation provides benefits, such as risk reduction or crop diversification. Land consolidation … and the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response. 24.3 States should address tenure in …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… in the 21st century, including by contributing to poverty reduction and adapting to the impacts of climate change, then … 4.3 What is meant by uncertainty and risk? ...............................................38 4.4 … importance as more and more people are living in high-risk areas and/or relying on degraded resources to sustain …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… forest products and foodstuffs. Activities towards reduction of air pollution and other environmental … 1 defines "land degradation" and refers also to the reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid … "Exploitation of granite has caused formation of numerous risk-prone areas and degradation of the soil and natural …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… as conservation measures to counter the impacts of habitat reduction and fragmentation. The concept of corridors as a … by land use. On the other hand, if there is a distinct risk that isolated populations will decline and species … of links to provide alternatives in case of unforeseen disaster • Incorporate nodes along linkages to provide …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… guardians, children, step and adopted children; (ix) ‘disaster’ includes famine, flood, cyclone, fire, earthquake, … of cooperatives for improving economic returns and reduction of interstitial poverty; (f) mobilize the community … passing by or living or working in Neighbourhood, or risk or injury to property. 4. Overcharging or illegally …