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Review and compilation of best practices in sustainable land management technologies, including adaptation
… - Review and compilation of best practices in sustainable land management technologies, including adaptation Review and compilation of best practices in sustainable land management technologies, including adaptation Note by … Rangeland management Woodland management Unproductive land restoration Human settlements Impact on biodiversity …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… March 2015, Cancún, Mexico “Combating desertifi cation/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … Mexico http://3sc.unccd.int “Combating desertification/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … by way of reducing degradation processes and scaling up restoration activities, the objective is to maintain and …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… and biodiversity). This strategy involves halt range- land›s degradation by minimizing its underlying causes … Garden, Hashemite Fund for Badia Development, Badia Restoration Program, West Asia–North Africa Institute, … 2.3 LAND USE IN THE JORDAN … Also further work on economic valuation of rangeland restoration has been done for the National Action Plan to …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… by employing strategies for integrated management of land, water and living resources for environmental … sustainable use, and where necessary and possible, restoration . To this end, based on the ecosystem approach . … feed production; (c) ensure that agricultural and pasture land is primarily used for food and feed production; (d) take …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… that recognizes the interlinkages—for example, between land and water, agriculture and water, technology and water, … voluntary measures, market and information-based tools, land-use management and cost recovery of water services, … is permitted only in conditions of their protection and restoration; 2. The water resources are a constituent part of …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… the global annual average is being experienced in many land regions and seasons, including two to three times higher in the Arctic. Warming is generally higher over land than over the ocean. (high confidence) {1.2.1, 1.2.2, … ecosystems (e.g., ecosystem-based adaptation, ecosystem restoration and avoided degradation and deforestation, …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… against during agriculture will increase yield and prevent land soil erosion, water scarcity and overall land degradation hence sustainability of agriculture. Left: … development. The protection, conservation, rational use, restoration or substitution of the natural resources is …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… rural development. Other potential benefits include: the restoration of degraded lands; reduced land abandonment; increased income-base for farmers and … a concern for food security. Competition over the use of land and water resources for bioenergy production and for …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Development Bank AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AMCOW African Ministers’ Council on Water CBD … Management Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic LULUCF Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry MDBA Murray-Darling … change, because forests can act as carbon sinks; their restoration and preservation is one of the feasible ways to …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… (for ex- ample, Weitz and Nilsson, 2014, for climate, land, energy and water). As far as we are aware, a similar … reduce ma- rine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient … ening their resilience, and to take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and produc- tive …