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… are forcing many upland peoples to adopt unsustainable farming and land-use practices such as excessive livestock … complaining: there is not enough water for crops in the dry season, and more floods when it rains. A model for … complaining: there is not enough water for crops in the dry season, and more floods when it rains. A model for …

… Management Sugarcane Production Fiji sugarcane farming is based on rain-fed agriculture, with cane … are not bound to seasonal differences between wet and dry seasons because Samoa has relatively stable temperatures … of downstream flooding • Provision of flows during dry seasons; climate and moisture regulation through …

… its low hills and plains are characterised by long, dry summers with an average rainfall of 700 mm. A government … enhance livelihoods and provide a vital safety net during dry seasons and droughts. Villagers spent two to six hours …

… with attempts to reforest an area that had been used for farming. The farmers involved protested and the RTAF, to its … with high priority for soil conservation and areas for farming. In the case of the site where the aborted first … mainly due to uncontrolled livestock grazing in the dry season. Livestock grazing also made on-farm soil …

… forests and grasslands, Mediterranean forests and tropical dry forests. Dams have fragmented more than 40% of the large … river systems in the world. More than half of tropical dry forests have been lost (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, …

… Maass, J.M., et al. 2005. Ecosystem Services of Tropical Dry Forests: Insights from Long-term Ecological and Social … paper evaluates the importance of watershed services to farming communities in Southeast Asia. A case study in …