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… alarming in the face of the increased demand for land-intensive crops and livestock. Land degradation contributes … based on monocultures, genetically modified crops, and the intensive use of fertilizers and pesticides that undermine … to climate change and other natural resource pressures. 3. Farming for multiple benefits: optimizing the most desirable …

… depends on water for processing coffee beans. In addition, intensive animal farming and a relatively dense population associated with … Higher resilience (after intervention) Diversity • Intensive production of cash crops meant for the national …

… distorted when arid areas continue to produce water intensive goods at ever-increasing financial and social cost, … to specific types of crops and can often support more intensive cropping schedules. 68 When water crises hit, … Water Week included discussion on target setting. Terrace farming, Nepal ©Pixabay …

… coping mechanisms of dryland ecosystems with periodic intensive rainfall and droughts for example and to understand … enhanced water availability; • Additional income from fish farming and increased agricultural activity; • Greening of … of dryland ecosystems. For example, traditional farming practices like Zaï pits in Burkina Faso help to …

… through springs, rivers and wetlands or into the sea. Intensive abstraction of groundwater, usually by pumping, … Urbanisation, industrialisation and intensification of farming practices have led to an escalating demand for … cause contamination of both groundwater and streams. Intensive on-site sanitation, with waste discharged to ground …

… sources is therefore a crucially important part of their farming systems (Goote and Lefeber 2003). It allows them to … health. In 2004, the EPA released the findings of a 5-year intensive research programme on the effect of fine … (Canis lupus) to Yellowstone National Park is stimulating intensive scientific research and heated public debate. …

… vulnerability. Activities included aquaculture (fish-farming), honey production and agro-ecology (community … Change 1.5 The Water Governance Connection Patterns of intensive and conflicting uses of water in transboundary … basin-wide planning for adaptation. The EFA was resource-intensive and technically challenging. It was important to …

… river catchments due to adverse, multiple impacts of water-intensive, exotic species of plants and trees. Left … terms, for example the net benefits of hydropower or farming, or the cost of refurbishing a power plant. The price … criteria may discriminate in favour of large capital- intensive water infrastructure projects as opposed to …

… for other domestic uses, such as washing and subsistence farming, as well as for commercial agriculture and industrial … of sewage from human settlements and of manure produced by intensive livestock breeding; (vi) Minimize adverse effects … 3 . Ensure proper disposal of urban sewage and manure from intensive livestock operations 18.76 d v 2 4 . Use integrated …

… calculated, those benefits far exceeded those derived from farming the land, an average of US$5,800 per hectare of … Great Lakes Agreement). The Agreement provides a very intensive and detailed series of provisions on the prevention … the Czech Republic and Poland where deforestation and intensive agriculture and industry on the Czech side is …