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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues
… generating greater demands for food from irri- gated agriculture and for clean safe drinking water. Ir- rigation … water conflicts? More than half of all people now live in urban areas and most future population growth is expected to … (hydropower and others), water supply planning (especially urban and agricultural), transport, and flood control. …
Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention e-course
… Famine. Exotic species can have a devastating impact on agriculture, forests, and biodiversity. Therefore, the … are considered a serious threat to forests as well as to urban trees and shrubs. The threat of these pests spreading … encompasses the protection of cultivated plants, urban trees and shrubs, as well as the protection of natural …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… or alien species. These species have been used for agriculture, forestry, fishing, ornamental and recreational … Niek van der Graff and Robert Griffin (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). We greatly … equal to domestic and industrial consumption in the major urban and industrial centres. The invaded area is estimated …