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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 … of indigenous Quechua communities, and recognises their right to control the use of their knowledge based on their …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… quantifying nature stand out as an imposing barrier. Is it right to put a dollar price on biodiversity? Is it desirable? … 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 …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… Cover photos Top: A. Compost/ITTO Bottom left, bottom right: A. Sarre/ITTO Bottom second from left, bottom second … 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 …
Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
… the forest for local traditional uses and as a source of water. The seaward edge of the landscape is surrounded by a … the LLS landscapes. It is a major source of Beijing city’s water supply. It has a total area of 15,788 km2. … forest products (NTFPs) within the park (including the right to establish beehives within the park). There has also …
Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)
… boosting livelihoods, economies, food and fuel production, water security and climate change adaptation and mitigation. … as jobs, income and carbon sequestration begin to flow right away. Successful forest landscape restoration is a … large amounts of carbon, protecting downstream water supplies and providing rich wildlife habitat. • …
Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.
… Tribal Council, in the terminology of other places, has no right under aboriginal law to speak for that country. Setting … 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 …