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… application of technology are climate-sensitive, respect biodiversity and are resilient. One in which humanity lives … drought, land degradation, freshwater scarcity and loss of biodiversity, add to and exacerbate the list of challenges …

… of planetary boundaries manifested by climate change, loss of biodiversity, depletion of natural resources, and other …

… the system; (f) "land degradation" means reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, of the … or economic properties of soil; and (iii) long-term loss of natural vegetation; (g) "arid, semi-arid and dry … beauty and ecological value, an important reservoir of biodiversity, the headwaters of major rivers, an essential …