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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Some basic questions What is agrobiodiversity?1 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) … of the nutritional, health, environmental and food quality arguments for buying such products, as well as their … and branding of local products with farmer-led quality control and certification, developing value-added products, …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… can be affected when ecosystems become degraded. Water quality can decline, carbon can be emitted into the … CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FLR … 97 11.1 Requirements for plants to be used for erosion control......................103 11.2 Mixed plantations vs …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, … of it. • The potential of restoration to improve habitat quality. Restoration, by ensuring that a greater diversity of … services (such as water supply, pollination, erosion control or carbon sequestration) and more resilient …
Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
… to rural poverty, economic growth, environmental quality, human well-being as well as biodiversity … the most fundamental keys to the wealth of nature”. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) … degraded natural forest. Doi Mae Salong has been under the control of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTAF) because it …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… paper (15 pages). It describes market failures, pollution control, and environmental valuation. It concludes by stating … will inevitably need to care about preserving this quality. Natural capital is presented as a limiting factor to … in which to mitigate impacts of an increased demand for food on the provision of ES. The authors address a very …
Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.
… mental lawyers, as has nature conservation, pollution control and abatement, and land use. Certainly until recently … values, particularly those which, because of their quality and variety, are the foundations for successful … the demands which its people place upon the land for food, timber, minerals, water supplies, building land, …
Linking Landscapes - Exploring the relationships between World Heritage cultural landscapes and IUCN protected areas
… nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, … qualities (i) to (iii). 4 Relating to natural heritage quality (iv) as part of aesthetic and spiritual ecosystem … the works of nature and of humankind as from the intrinsic quality of the natural features. 5 Many protected areas …