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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… Drylands Initiative (GDI) contributes to strengthening the resilience of dryland ecosystems and livelihoods and to … soil quantity and fertility, decreases ecosystem resilience. This in turn increases vulnerability to climate … terms of its native biological richness and maintenance of resilience.” A similar definition is found in the text of the …
Global Land Outlook
… instability. Without better adaptation strategies and resilience building devoted to responsibly managing and … and human habitation. Land degradation decreases resilience to environmental stresses: increased … species that hold ecosystems together, further jeopardizes resilience and adaptive capacity, particularly for the rural …
The Land in Numbers
… sustainable land management practices, we can build the resilience of millions of people in each and every corner of … desertification. The loss of ecosystem productivity and resilience makes many regions more prone to extreme weather … help populations adapt to climate change and build resilience to drought. We would also reduce the risk of …
The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine
… of both species, a trait considered by some to confer resilience to overexploitation and therefore useful ‘as [part … A HEALTHY FUTURE 4 Effective assessment of the status and resilience of exploited populations should be made at the …
Aquaculture - site selection and site management
… relating to biodiversity, productivity, health and resilience and therefore the sustainable development of any … functions; Resistance, as the ability to withstand change; Resilience, as the ability to recover its previous state … utesandobjectives(biodiversity,productivity,healthandresilience) Humanactivities(aquacultureincluded) Guide for …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… diversity may also be used as a strategy to support resilience of crops to specific environmental conditions and … supporting diversity as a means to maintain and strengthen resilience of the crops she works on. She has entrusted a … For other characteristics, however, diversity can increase resilience. One scientific methodology to employ such …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… and other ecosystem functions, which promote ecosystem resilience and greater biodiversity. • The use of more … websites, including: http://www.iisd.org/security/es/ resilience/climate.asp http://www.sei.se/index.php?secti …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… the need to conserve biodiversity in order to maintain resilience and to give forest systems the best possible … and native species and enhance the productivity and resilience of the planted forest should be developed. … using native species, could increase the sector’s resilience to climate change and other threats. PRIORITY …
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”
… diversity, but also weakened ecosystem functionality and resilience and increased potential for novel diseases to … resource management institution, and the subsequent resilience of this institution to political changes occurring … and control in 1975, the Guassa area has since shown the resilience characteristic of traditionally managed, common …
Water Management and Stewardship
… Sustainable Living Plan – Progress Report 2014). ‘Resilience of sales’ features ‘high’ for the company, through … could be very expensive, so that, despite the increasing resilience such systems could offer to business operations, … State Action Plan are ‘reliability, restoration and resilience’ with ten actions:- 1. ‘Make conservation a …