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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… PES is being introduced in more and more sectors (agriculture, water supply, carbon sequestration, biodiversity … in forestry legislation as well as legislation related to agriculture. Introducing specific PES provisions through … as a potential means of developing PES projects for family agriculture, when in fact CDM is ill suited to small-scale …
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Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications

… use of groundwater. Most water is consumed by agriculture and industry, with agriculture accounting for more than 70% of total consumption … � CH4 emissions from natural processes in wetlands and agriculture (ruminant animals and rice paddies); Climate …
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Water Management and Stewardship

… supply chains are particularly important because agriculture accounts, globally, for a large proportion of … together water users from a range of use types, e.g. agriculture, industry, energy, urban/municipal. Companies may … Example activities related to water are: rain-fed agriculture; market-gardening; fishing; livestock-raising, …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… and Prevention of Speculation in Land) Act 1950 505 6.1.2 Agriculture 510 6.1.2.1 NWFP Agriculture Development Authority (Dissolution) Ordinance … instruments governing land use and tenure are related to agriculture and irrigation. The basic law on land acquisition …
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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… largely reflected in the conversion of natural habitats to agriculture and unsustainable forest management. For inland … and drainage for conversion to other land uses, such as agriculture and settlements. In coastal ecosystems, habitat … will be impacted by climate change is high, because: • Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Higher …
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The Futures of Privately Protected Areas

… lands (e.g. Forest Stewardship Council forests or agriculture under organic certification schemes) which … makes these areas no different from private land used for agriculture or forestry. Overall, the issue of access to land … education • Decreases in profitability of some forms of agriculture, such as the cattle economy in countries in …
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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

… ETS EU’s Emission Trading Scheme FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organization FI Financial Institution FFI Fauna & … activities, cover at present 24% of the Earth’s surface. Agriculture causes a net loss in global forest cover of … ­services. These include for example the tourism sector, agriculture, forestry or the fisheries sector. FIs that …
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Concepts for Industry Co-Regulation of Bio-fuel Weeds

… feedstock that Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England (Email: … of our colleagues. † PhD Student, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England (Email: …
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Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.

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The human right to water and sanitation

… of surface and groundwater resources); OBSERVING that agriculture and industrial production require huge quantities …
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