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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… to Preserve the Pristine Quality of Its Drinking Water and Save Billions of Dollars and What Lessons It … which took place in the catchment area of New York City’s water supply (the Catskills). The PES deal resulted in an … using five key socioeconomic poverty indicators (access to water, undernourishment, potential population pressure, …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… secure access to critical agricultural inputs including water and seeds, facilitation of organic farming and animal … Farming: a strategy for improved agricultural and water productivity amongst small-holder farmers in drought … Andes. From this cold, wind-swept region of Páramo1, the water- shed starts with little mountain brooks and white …
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 … Kenya, was excavated down to 1 m above the brackish water table. Casuarina equisetifolia was planted directly … workers. In some villages there is anecdotal evidence that water supply has also improved because of ngitili. The HASHI …
Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.
… its people place upon the land for food, timber, minerals, water supplies, building land, tourism and recreation, … pollution and misuse of the resources of land, air and water. Sometimes these are fairly localised, but long range … impact on forest landscapes throughout Europe. Excessive abstraction lowers water tables with damaging impact on …