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… Myrdal, Adrian Phillips and other members of the IUCN WCPA Urban Specialist Group Craig Groves, Series Editor; Adrian Phillips, Volume Editor Urban Protected Areas Developing capacity for a protected … Country Parks (IUCN Category V) are administered by the Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department (AFCD) of …

… au détriment de la biodiversité, l'intensification de l'agriculture, la perte en sol en raison de la bétonisation, et … for enhancing the physical health and mental well-being of urban populations is hugely important. Landscapes are also … become impossible to maintain under pressures from nearby urban centres. A third group of problems are those associated …

… . . . . . 92 Box 5–11 Cougars and habitat corridors in an urban–wildlands interface, California, USA . . . . . . . . . … also gives scant attention to linkages such as greenways, urban parks, recreational trails and other linear features … in the landscape: biological diversity, water resources, agriculture and wood production, recreation, community and …

… enormous human and economic devastation in these areas. Agriculture, tourism, fishing, ports and transport, as well … in six State capital cities and additionally unprecedented urban growth is also taking place along the Australian … and Pert, P.L. (2010). Patterns, drivers and impacts of urban growth - A study from Cairns, Queensland, Australia …

… of the eight Neolithic ‘founder’ crops important in early agriculture, and four of the world’s five most important do- … contain a sizeable indigenous population and a significant urban development within its boundaries, a situation that … expanding population and lifestyle changes, inappropriate urban and mass tourism developments, the despoiling of the …

… Paper xxiiIUCN-EPLP No. 85 EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FONAFIFO … (Forman 1995). Matrix lands that are more human-dominated (urban or residential areas) have less potential for … series of small reserves; woodland patches in farmland; urban parks chains of islands in an ar- chipelago; wetlands …

… Unrest/ Military Exercises Solid Waste Household Sewage/ Urban Waste Water Erosion and Siltation/ Deposition Mining/ Quarrying Crops Housing/ Urban Areas Roads/ Railroads Livestock Farming / Grazing … Wood Harvesting Water Pollution Shipping Lanes Housing/ Urban Areas Fire/ Fire Suppression Renewable Energy Tourism/ …

… to describe a wide range of environments—from an overgrown urban park to a truly wild landscape—depending on the … religion or spirituality (see Section 4.9). To an urban resident, a wilderness area may be a place for … law but the Kayapo are located in the midst of active agriculture frontiers in the highest-deforestation regions of …

… is elderly and workforce is migrating towards larger urban centres. According to the last Serbian census in 2002, … park. In the proximity of the proposed area, there are two urban settlements: Bajina Basta and Uzice. On the BiH side, … offers a num- ber of opportunities for development. Agriculture and forestry are the two most important economic …

… to international conventions, and biodiversity and organic agriculture. She established Equilibrium Research in … often disrupted by infrastructure, intensive farming and urban development, thus undermin- ing traditional ways of … The remaining 8% in the valley bottoms is occupied by urban zones and the associated infrastructure, and by …