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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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Global Land Outlook

… to climate change and other natural resource pressures. 3. Farming for multiple benefits: optimizing the most desirable … types of fishing permitted; farmers plant crops during the dry season; and livestock herders have rights post-harvest, … early towns and cities. The landscapes of the neo-tropical dry forests of South America, for instance, played a pivotal …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

FAO's work on Climate Change

… by using smarter and more productive, integrated farming systems. Shifting to sustainable management and use … and communities are struggling to find water as dry spells become more common in a changing climate, but new … areas, to access the map to find out where water is in dry periods. A second system, known as Digniin – Somali for …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… of 46.6%12. Poor development progress in the country’s dry pastoral areas compared to more favourable Figure 2: … to a steady supply of water that are transferred to crop farming communities, contributing to local hostilities. These … In Kazakhstan the abandonment of vast pastures of the dry-steppe and semi-desert zones coupled with a rapid decline …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… vegetation encompassing recreation parks, agroforestry, farming and forestry systems, the geographical administrative … the impact of desertification on arid and semi-arid and dry sub- humid zones. Article 1 defines "land degradation" … also to the reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, of the biological or economic …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… and families in extreme poverty; (d) establishment of farming, marketing and consumers’ cooperatives; (e) … to the public. 31. Stocking or collecting timber, wood, dry grass, straw or other inflammable material or fuels, … 129 26. Tanning, pressing or packing hide or skins raw or dry. 27. Trade or operation of ferries. 28. Working of …
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… caused mostly by the disruption of fishing and aquaculture farming activities due to damage to key assets such as boats, … for either subsistence (64 percent) or commercial farming. Agriculture accounts for 34 percent of annual GDP, … normally in stock at the boat yard. à Number of slipways, dry docks, the age and value of each installation. à Number …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… A Guidebook for Broadening the Concepts of Gender and Farming Systems. Educational Series 12, Bangladesh … by John Dixon and Aidan Gulliver with David Gibbon (2001). Farming Systems and Poverty: Improving Farmers’ Livelihoods … substantial proportion of the world’s population. Besides farming they have multiple economic activities, often in the …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan

… Development Agency MoI Ministry of Interior DM Dry Matter MoPIC Ministry of Planning and International … animal fodder purchase when replaced by natural forage (dry matter, DM) from the rangeland. An assessment made over a … grow naturally, that are not suitable for traditional farming due to lack of rain, low fertility, rough terrain and …
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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… - as well as internal factors - more aggressive farming practices, less favourable ecological conditions - … to which existing legislation does already impinge on farming". - 7 - Thus impact will not include effects of … Assembly of the Council of Europe states that important dry or wet acid deposits reduce the growth of numerous crops …
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