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Global Land Outlook

… are responsible for about 25 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases, while land degradation is both a cause and … land degradation at the local level as well as increased greenhouse gas emissions, reduced biodiversity, and changes in rainfall …
25 May 2026 Literature

Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches

… true that well- planned bioenergy development can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from a range of sources, increase rural … al. (2008). Use of U.S. croplands for biofuels increases greenhouse gases through emissions from land use changes. …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… global. These costs can include dust storms, floods and greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon stored in soil is higher than the … (Houghton, 1995). Roughly one-quarter of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions come from the agriculture, forest …
25 May 2026 Literature

The Land in Numbers

… Pathways to a low carbon economy, Version 2 of the global greenhouse gas abatement cost curve, 2009, p. 16/ 125/ 189 47. …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean

… grow in a sustainable manner, by reducing emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming and adapting … energy efficiency, which is a major way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and securing financial resources to help poor …
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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… proportion of the degradation of the atmosphere is due to greenhouse gas emissions caused by various forms of soil use associated …
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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… causing airport closures. Fires also increase forest-based greenhouse gas emissions. Additional measures that can be taken to …
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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere […] within a time-frame … marine ecosystems that serve as sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases. In addition, in its Article 2 (a) (ii) and …
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