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Global Land Outlook
… jeopardize the health and productivity of land: higher carbon emissions and temperatures, changing rainfall … abruptly gained access to what seemed to be an unlimited stock of natural capital, where land was seen as a free gift … require shifts away from resource-intensive production, carbon-intensive processing and transport, land-intensive …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… of human life on earth; • The long-term maintenance of the stock of biological resources and the productivity of … Framework Convention on Climate Change and managing soil carbon sequestration. 8.4 The Specific Role of the Community … established that soil is a major reservoir of the earth’s carbon and that the main agricultural activities that play a …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… of synthetic organic chemicals, characterized by multiple carbon-chlorine bonds, high chemical stability and high … SIM (Selected Ion Monitoring) Calibration Standards A stock standard containing an equal concentration of Aroclor … PCA pentachloroethane, HCBD, HCB, PeCB, dioxin, HCH, PCE, carbon tetrachloride and chloroform. A health risk assessment …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… and ecosystems, reduced agricultural output and lower stock productivity, loss of biodiversity, more frequent … linkages between ecosystem functions and services (such as carbon uptake and storage, climatic stabilization and … between ecosystem • functions and services (such as carbon uptake and storage, climatic stabilization and …