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… processing of nutrients and pollutants, shore protection, food provision, and educa- tional and recreational … trends. From the very beginning, water –along with air and food– has been understood as an abso- lute necessity for … societies, water became an essential prerequisite for food production. Places where it was abundantly available …

… nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, … in Dongmuang village who beat a monkey that had stolen his food. That night he became very sick and bled, and finally … carried in one specific body of water to provide basic food for the daily life of a family (Article 14) and ‘family …

… deltas, mudflats and salt marshes. These areas support a food web that permits rapid growth of young fish in estuarine … as "biological supermarkets" because of the extensive food webs and rich biodiversity they support and as "kidneys … from Australian flood plains and wetland plants used for food by Aboriginal communities. Wetlands thus enable …

… EGN European Geoparks Network EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) GEF … International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture IUCN International Union for … the world’s agricultural heritage systems, in 2002, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) …

… definition of peatland to be applied by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in its Soils …

… Net- work (CIESIN), Columbia University; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); The World Bank; and … Net- work (CIESIN), Columbia University; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); The World Bank; and …