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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… GREEN Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects GUIDE FOR WATER … natural storage features, including soil and groundwater, surface water and aquifers. GI options for Water supply … them slowly into the Negombo Lagoon. By maintaining surface, near-surface and possibly groundwater levels, the …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… Ordinance 1987 (Missing) 5.1.6.5 NWFP Rural Area Drinking Water Supply Scheme Act 1985 380 5.1.6.6 NWFP Water Users … in writing of a concerned local government digs up the surface of any open space in its local area, which is not … horns, bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax; (iv) peat, surface soil, water, sand, stones, rocks and minerals, …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… and widespread deterioration in the quality of air, water and soils – the basic resources on which all of life … the global population increases, less and less of Earth’s surface remains free from human interference. Human … 1993a). The rising water table brings salt to the soil surface and an estimated 62,500ha of land is going out of …
The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries
… CSE Center for Ecological Monitoring DEFCCS Department of Water and Forest resources, Hunting and Soil Conservation … of gear: encircling gill nets, beach seine, cast nets and surface drift nets. Women are generally less involved in … of the landings are obtained using shrimp nets, mixed surface + depth drift nets, encircling gill nets, beach …
Assessing the international forest regime
… At its last meeting in May 1998, the COP focused on inland water ecosystems. It also considered its longer-term … involve the protection of designated areas of the earth’s surface. It is generally recognized that “protected areas” … has been applied to relatively small areas of the earth’s surface, with some exceptions such as the Great Barrier Reef …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… services can be affected when ecosystems become degraded. Water quality can decline, carbon can be emitted into the … nursery techniques, etc) • Scientific reports published • Surface area covered by census Ensuring protection • Sites … • New texts, regulations and procedures adopted • Surface area of burnt and damaged forest (reduced) • Listed …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… wider landscape 27 Forests managed to maintain soil and water resources 27 Forests managed for community purposes 28 … landscapes. Around 11.5 per cent of the earth’s land surface is in protected areas, 10 per cent of the world’s … defined by IUCN now cover about 11.5 per cent of the land surface of the earth (Chape et al., 2003) and the total area …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… increased poverty. Although the percentage of the earth’s surface devoted to protected areas has steadily increased, … wetlands continue to decline; the number of countries with water shortages continues to increase; and fisheries continue … grazing, fishing, natural resource harvesting and surface water supplies. The losses incurred are far in excess …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… product supply (agricultural products, wood energy and water), erosion, sand encroachment and floods. On the other … level, such as those relating to air quality and drinking water standards, have impacts on sub-national level … that not only includes vegetation1 but also soil, water, animals, utilities, buildings, transportation systems …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… and timber) and services (recycling of nutrients, water retention, and soil protection) that it provides.13 … directly distributed to landowners, will be based on the surface brought to the project by each landowner. In the … and the right to CERs, taking after Law 25.509 (the Law on Surface Rights for Forestry) which created a new and specific …