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Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… Shrestha Canyon de Chelly National Monument, USA: Navajo farming traditions and agrobiodiversity by Jessica Brown, … fairly evenly distributed through the year, and without dry 34 summers. The orientation of the valleys favours … of the Park. Thus there are scattered farmhouses, dry stonewalls2 and other elements, many of which are now in …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… differences because all images were captured during the dry season when little geomorphic changes take place. Barrier … which require substantial amounts of water during the dry season but release it during the rainy season. In … K.K., Panwar, A.S. and Singh, J.L. (2003). Sustainable Farming Systems for Hill Agriculture. In: Bhatt, B.P., …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… land pushed back the former pastures and meadows. Cattle farming became less and less attractive, while wine and … taiga typical for Fennoscandia, which mainly consist of dry pine forests with a characteristic high fire frequency. … habitat types such as fallow grassland, shrubland, dry grassland, pioneer forest, wet meadows, water bodies and …
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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… the main source of water for the community during the dry season. In this forest, cutting big trees is prohibited. … the main source of water for the village, even during the dry season. The villagers have prohibited cutting large trees … they provide wood for construction, road and bridge work, farming tools, furniture, fuel and charcoal. They are also …
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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values

… wild thyme, its only food plant, depends on rainfall and a dry year can reduce the available flowers by 40%: since the … inhabited by local Sherpa people that practiced farming and herding. As the interna- tionally accepted … of Mediterranean re- gions and with alternating wet and dry periods, a charac- teristic that makes it more difficult …
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African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas

… of water supply for people and wildlife during the dry seasons, and capacity building for KWS staff and local … to people, wildlife and livestock 4-6 months into the dry season, reducing the need for wildlife to move out of … alternative livelihoods such as goat and snake farming. 3. land use plan for conservation and livelihoods …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… has been replaced by farmland used mainly for dairy farming and beef cattle production. In 1942, most forest … Eland and Oryx, occur along the Tarangire River during the dry season but during the wet season they leave the park and … to the east still remain open and are vital links between dry season and wet season habitats for about 55,000 migrating …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… Matter? 1.1 Defining Wetlands Wetlands are areas where dry land meets or is saturated by water and are characterised … occupy a transitional zone between wet and generally dry environments and share characteristics of both: … through fisheries, cattle herding and recession culture farming on the wet nutrient-rich riverbanks. The middle …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… economy penetrate areas formerly considered remote, as farming becomes ever more industrialized, and as urban and … has 16,000 hectares of heathland, open woodland, wet and dry hard- leaved forest, warm temperate and subtropical … and marine. It has a typical Mediterranean climate of hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. Its landscape, heavily …
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Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas

… the largest park in Bolivia, includes the largest area of dry tropical forest under full-protected area status anywhere … strand of land along the Awash river, used as autumn dry season grazing zone and including more than 15 holy … become unsus tain able and many Karrayu fami lies take up farming in unsuit able land or at the margin of the irri …
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