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Global Land Outlook
… Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and Climate 212 11 … land’s vital role in tackling climate change, securing biodiversity and the delivery of critical ecosystem services … earth. We are losing far too quickly the water, soil, and biodiversity that support all life. At a time when every …
Developing a Global Soil Regime
… More recently, the issues of climate change, loss of biodiversity, desertification, drought, and land degradation have become more prominent. While biodiversity loss and climate change have garnered close … of the 1992 Climate Change Convention and the 1992 Biodiversity Convention, climate change and biodiversity are …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… and preserved in the long term to ensure conservation of biodiversity in general and the maintenance of human life in … are the influences of climate, terrain, vegeta- tion and biodiversity, especially the characteristics of soil biodiversity. However, the actual causes of soil degradation …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… and their ecological functions for the conservation of biodiversity and the maintenance of human life. Also taken … soil” indicates “the role of soil in the conservation of biodiversity and the maintenance of human life”. The dilemma … and their ecological functions for the conservation of biodiversity and the maintenance of human life”. 3 The basic …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… sedimentation, deforestation, grassland degradation, and biodiversity loss. Erratic rainfall and prolonged periods of … agricultural output and lower stock productivity, loss of biodiversity, more frequent natural disasters, worsening … the ecosystem approach as of instructive value to biodiversity conservation and management and furthered the …
Supporting, promoting and strengthening local agri-food systems
… development, including the fight against climate change, biodiversity conservation, prevention of food health crises, … the role of the land-use matrix in the preservation of biodiversity and its contribution to the provision of … these new periurban areas, among them the maintenance of biodiversity and, in the case of agrarian areas, …
Review and compilation of best practices in sustainable land management technologies, including adaptation
… Unproductive land restoration Human settlements Impact on biodiversity conservation Others Impact on climate change … Participation, collaboration and networking Impact on biodiversity conservation Impact on climate change mitigation …