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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues
… tion, food security, water security, human and economic development. In an increasingly unpredictable global … For example, in Africa, 60% of the population live in rural areas and depend on small-scale groundwater supplies … economics may change. Furthermore, water security in many rural areas will continue to be limited by access rather than …
AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 10 - Guidelines on Avoidance of Introductions of Non-native Waterbird Species (TS No. 12)
… with co-funding from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom, Joint Nature Conservation … is legitimate and considered to be an acceptable part of rural life in the region. However, shooting seasons are …
Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual
… 6 Promotion Association for Mountain-River 7 International Development Research Centre 8 Nature Iraq, House 25, Street … of rinderpest are numerous and include: protected rural livelihoods, increased confidence in livestock-based … animal health issues (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – DEFRA) to set up an ‘Ornithological Expert …
Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity
… knowledge and awareness of invasive species through the development of a range of products and publications including … species also exacerbate poverty and threaten sustainable development through their impact on agriculture, forestry, " … and mariculture are important strategies for improving rural livelihoods and for poverty alleviation, and are one of …
Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II
… with extinction] as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation.” … or poisoning listed species, but they can also occur when development, agriculture, recreation, and other activities … climate change and also provide needed resources for rural peoples and habitat for wildlife, and the conservation …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… 64 5.3.4 Measures Associated with Infrastructure Development … sectors. Chapter 1 outlines issues that should inform the development of regulatory regimes. 1.1 Scientific … ments are now laid down by recent provisions of the French Rural Code (Article L.211.3 of 1995). In Western Australia, …