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Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… and biodiversity). This strategy involves halt range- land›s degradation by minimizing its underlying causes through enhancing sustainable range management, improving range vegetation cover … 2015-2020. In parallel of this preparatory work a state of the art Technical Brief on “sustainably investing in …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… potential. The objective of this study is to review the state of knowledge on these elements and reveal the key … knowledge of the environment. Pastoralism delivers a wide range of economic values from areas of low overall biomass … of the system. However, capitalising on the full range of values requires very different investment and …
Global Land Outlook
… the need for another Outlook, we looked at the full range of challenges we collectively face: from the pressures … help to reverse the current worrying trends in the state of our land resources. UNCCD | Global Land Outlook | … services and underwrites the full enjoyment of a wide range of human rights, such as the rights to a healthy life, …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… and advocacy to promote a wider understand- ing of the range of benefits that Category V protected areas can offer, … and their associated species can therefore have a wide range of impacts, including reducing the ability of human … woodland or heath (Webb 1998) can maintain habitats in a state very similar to the original, supporting high levels of …
The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… the study will concentrate more on determining the current state of affairs than on putting forward solutions. It will … "financial" allocations in this case include a wide range of public interventions: donations in kind … selection of a particular economic incentive depend on a range of political, economic, social, cultural and juridical …
The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries
… and to illustrate household behaviour. We use this wide range of information to build concise indicators which draw a … smallholders in Albania, Bangladesh, the 3 Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Nicaragua, United … supply 85 percent (Figure 2.1). Small farms produce a wide range of foods, often wider than larger and commercialized …
Conservation measures for vultures, including banning the use of veterinary diclofenac
… carcasses, and that vulture declines lead to a wide range of environmental and socio- economic (especially human … Continent and Southeast Asia are caused by a complex range of factors which vary geographically, including: … that conserves vultures in return for formal recognition. State and agency Members of the United States abstained …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… 31 3. STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES … Measures SSG Special Agricultural Safeguard STE State Trading Enterprises TBT Agreement on Technical Barriers … programmes. These payments, offered in support of a wide range of agricultural produce distort both trade and … the WTO. The explanations offered by different people range from what Ragosta calls the "farmers unique role in …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… its 2015 conclusions and provides an update on the state of post-disaster agriculture in developing countries. … loss over the entire crop and livestock commodity range is quantified to adduce a holistic estimation of the … forestry, fisheries and aquaculture) for a varied range of disasters, and one that accommodates the various …
Securing the future for global peatlands
… a key role in flood management), and support a wide range of rare, specialist and threatened biodiversity, and … for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of ecosystem services, and RECALLING that the … activities to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. State and agency Members of the United States abstained …