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Global Land Outlook
… more rational land use allocations that lead to greater resource use efficiency and the reduction of waste; it is … sedimentary layers and associated groundwater reserve, the plant and animal populations (biodiversity), the human … billion annually,43 albeit under threat.44 A wide range of genetic variation is needed for crop breeding to help species …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… 3 25 III. NATIONAL SOIL REGIMES 27 1. Soil in Other Resource-Oriented Legal Regimes 28 2. Legal Frameworks 29 3. … activity between the atmosphere, ground water and plant cover; (b) soils as a biological habitat and gene … processes and life-support systems, the preservation of genetic diversity, and the sustainable use of species and …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… countries have used an IEM approach and similar natural resource management concepts in the development of national … concept – where “ecosystem” means “a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their … sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources”.9 The United Nations Convention to Combat …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… lifs@craes.org.cn Tamas Komives, Research Professor Plant Protection Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences, … both as a training tool and as a self-directed manual and resource document for decision-makers, practitioners and a … of time. Injuries such as cancer, birth defects, and genetic mutations necessarily require a latency period for …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… fertility. This Guide, intended to primarily serve as a resource for States to assist their endeavours to reform … through the soil, is critical for soil fertility, soil-plant relationships etc, whereas the amount of water that … biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and ecosystem diversity, …