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… Management Sugarcane Production Fiji sugarcane farming is based on rain-fed agriculture, with cane … and its causes). Consequently, with even short periods of intensive rain, excessive soil erosion and even landslides … in the region. Such an approach, however, is very resource intensive. Similar difficulties are faced when determining …

… are forcing many upland peoples to adopt unsustainable farming and land-use practices such as excessive livestock … of factors, including excessive water extraction, mining, intensive agriculture, invasive species and intensive tourism. The wetlands’ extreme vulnerability and …

… 11 hydrocarbons are often more energy, water and land intensive. Exploitation of tar sands is one such example (see … affected by shifts in energy systems, e.g. towards more intensive cropping for bio-fuels, may not be able to provide …

… paper evaluates the importance of watershed services to farming communities in Southeast Asia. A case study in … of existing institutions, and the need for a more labour-intensive conservation model. � Heal, G., et al. 2001. …

… in some richer countries for a less energy- and resource-intensive pattern of consumption. However, the demand …

… activities is exceeded. This is especially due to the intensive exploitation of mineral resources and, more … anthropic disturbances in geobiochemical cycles caused by intensive exploitation of mineralised energy stocks (IPCC, … More communities are now engaged in subsistence crop farming, but under very difficult conditions. Like most parts …