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Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects

… and Burkina Faso on a tributary of the Volta River in dry season – the river is the border Burkina-Ghana ‘Joint … to ensure that water is available in the floodplain for dry season vegetable farming and rice cultivation. An estimated 1,137 people now …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… Biodiversity 20 4.4 Agricultural Biodiversity 21 4.5 Dry and Sub-humid Biodiversity 22 5.0 Intersections with CBD … ecosystems, forest ecosystems, agricultural ecosystems, dry land ecosystems, mountain ecosystems and even urban … for other uses such as wildlife viewing, hunting and game farming. Also recognised is the need for protected areas to …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… of flows on the mainstream with respect to i) natural dry season flows; ii) wet season flows sufficient to enable … would enable subsistence farmers to practice sustainable farming, to provide food, to ensure an income, and to enhance … the landscape traditionally dominated by large pastures, dry meadows, and arable fields. The reed cutting is the most …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… for other domestic uses, such as washing and subsistence farming, as well as for commercial agriculture and industrial … the total water supplies available during normal, single-dry, and multiple- dry years within a 20-year projection that will meet the …
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ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime

… of captive breeding, artificial propagation and wildlife farming operations shall be determined by a Prakas issued by … everywhere, including airports, seaports, river-ports, dry-port, territorial borders, bus stations, train stations … everywhere, including airports, seaports, river-ports, dry-port, territorial borders, bus stations, train stations …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… tHe GreeninG of Water laW6 of the regions likely to dry out—including the Mediterranean region and the … decline by up to 20% and will fall with longer bouts of dry spells between rain events.22 Moreover, these regions are … calculated, those benefits far exceeded those derived from farming the land, an average of US$5,800 per hectare of …
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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… design and operation of hazardous waste landfills in hyper-dry areas. This project seeks to develop standards and codes … landfills for hazardous wastes and other wastes in hyper-dry areas. It is expected that this project will … Activities: On-site conservation is carried out on-farm by farming communities. These communities may form a collective …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… and cultural value, often with high biodiversity, such as farming lands traditionally used by local communities, … meadows; • humid permanent grasslands and uncultivated dry meadows. Lakes, bogs and moors are also protected in … conservation of nature and the countryside, mountain farming, 59 60 61 62 63 64 Part IV: Transboundary protected …
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