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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… to the GRI corridor: the construction of roads, and the degradation of both natural and cultural resources. The … for coordination and the management of water and soil resources. A key activity is to generate the information … helping to combat erosion and provide nutrients to soil. Europe: the successful promotion of ‘Tome des Bauges’ …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… and development, or between poverty and environmental degradation. These are S u m m a r y xv often contradictory. … and Gillusson 1985; Kikula 1986; Maro 1997). • Declining soil fertility: Over 90 percent of the people depend on … but the extent of arable land is decreasing due to soil erosion and loss of soil fertility, combined with poor …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… be the ultimate solution to stop future environ- mental degradation. At the same time, improving the implementation … such as rising of water-tables, salinity, waterlogging, soil erosion, ozone depletion and climatic changes. The … quarries in Doon Valley on the grounds that it would cause soil erosion, deforestation and river silting. The Supreme …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… forests are particularly at risk of climate change-induced degradation and loss, with woody shrubs already encroaching … afforestation and reforestation, land restoration and soil carbon sequestration, BECCS, direct air carbon capture … CDR measures such as restoration of natural ecosystems and soil carbon sequestration could provide co-benefits such as …
Water as a human right?
… court stated that “where environmental contamination and degradation pose a persistent threat to human life and … have the right to protection and preservation of the air, soil, water, sea-ice, flora and fauna, and the essential … mining operation contaminating the water supplies and the soil violated nearby residents’ constitutional right to …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… inertia. 10. Social inequalities and environmental degradation tend to lead to mutual reinforcement. Wealth, as … of environmental services; in return, environmental degradation affects the poor more than the wealthy, the … and cumulative relation between poverty, environmental degradation and underdevelopment. In The Social Costs of …