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Global Land Outlook

… needs at a landscape scale while incorporating site-level specificity on land use, demand, and condition so that … of pebbles, gravel, and sand flushed down into an ancient sea, buried, solidified, tilted, uplifted, and eroded. For … it was small-scale and heavily dependent on labor. The rise in large-scale mining and quarrying can be traced to the …
21 Jun 2026 Literature

The Land in Numbers

… extraction of groundwater for irrigation leads to a sea level rise of 0.8 mm per year, approximately one fourth of the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

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

… and vegetation is used as an alternative to man-made sea defences in some areas, while protection of ecosystems in … be at risk of extinction if average global temperatures rise by more than 1.5-2 degrees Celsius. Many species are … individual has a different impact on the environment. The level of this impact will depend on personal choices and may …
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Aquaculture - site selection and site management

… commercial fishing and yet meet the increasing demand for sea products in local and international markets in a … should be decentralized to the lowest appropriate level. Government structure and the level of decentralization … produce between 7,000 and 7,500 tonnes per year, which may rise to 12,000 tonnes. c. Algeria In Algeria, fisheries …
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Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis

… 125 1. Local management in the Diani-Chale area 125 2. Sea turtle protection in Kenya 128 IV. Proposed policy … its current implementation at the regional and national level. In this context, this book promises to be a great tool … ‘International Fisheries Law Since Rio: The Continued Rise of the Precautionary Principle’. In: Boyle, A. and …
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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”

… processes and finding practical solutions at the local level Edgar Kaeslin Harmonizing policy support for CBNRM … The Guassa area lies at a height of 3200m - 3700m above sea level, and at a distance of 260km by road from the … water catchment. A total of 26 rivers, springs and streams rise from the Guassa area. Most of the rivers that drain the …
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Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… measures at international, regional, national and local level. The need for capacity development to that end has been … W hat is C onservation and Sustainable U se? LESSO N 1 17 rise to a new plant, whether through sexual or asexual … science or wilderness protection – an area of land and/or sea possessing some outstanding or representative ecosystems, …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches

… paper aims to promote sustainable bioenergy at the project level by providing principles, frameworks and tools that can … particular use. this section also attempts to outline what level of assessment each type of tool might require to be … impacts, such as Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) which cover a broader set of metrics. There have also …
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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… 42 4.2.1 Central level … Then, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS) established specific rules to protect the sea environment, marine living resources, and the sea … PRC affected by drought will expand, the temperature will rise, the effects of drought will worsen and the frequency of …
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Water Management and Stewardship

… opportunities and issues to which water stewardship gives rise, as well as identifying expectations that are misplaced … them. As the Action Plan of the UN and World Bank-led High Level Panel on Water notes: ‘Pressure on water is rising, and … that are not economically exploitable, or flows to the sea. 75 4. What companies do not talk about, or talk about …
21 Jun 2026 Literature