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Mountain Protected Areas
… WCC-2012-Rec-148-EN Mountain protected areas AWARE that the 1992 United Nations … a Chapter 13 on Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development; RECOGNIZING that mountain protected … they make to sustainable development, especially water and biodiversity, along with ecotourism; and DEEPLY CONCERNED …
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 … taking into account the needs of populations living in mountain ecosystems and 46 Preamble, CBD. 47 Article 2, CBD – … for Management of National Nature Reserve of Arjin Mountain Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Land Resources …
Global Land Outlook
… Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and Climate 212 11 … in Bhutan, an annual prohibition on entering a designated mountain forest.19 Christianity Teaches that all creation is … a geologist, the stains streaking rocks in the Kata Tjuta mountain range in Australia are “desert varnish,” part …
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 … implementation of the Alpine Convention in the field of Mountain Agriculture, 1991. 150 UNEP, 1994, United Nations … water management (2(e)), nature conservation (2(f)), mountain farming (2(g)), and mountain forest management …
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 … leads to a lower socio-economic capability, e.g., a remote mountain environment; see Cohan, J.A., 2002, “Environmental … Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the Field of Mountain Agriculture 238 Drafting Legislation for Sustainable …