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… areas, often impoverishing cultural identity, abandoning traditional knowledge, and permanently altering landscapes. … areas, often impoverishing cultural identity, abandoning traditional knowledge, and permanently altering landscapes. … physical and mental health and well-being. Much of modern medicine is derived from or replicated synthetically from …

… food resources such as fish and wild vegetables, medicine for various ailments, and transport. Wetlands also … Reserve to irrigate basic staples such as maize and beans, traditional cash crops such as sugar- cane and coffee, and …

… These rights include: intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge relevant to plant genetic resources for … Energy More than 70 per cent of Africans still rely on traditional biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal, and plant … and, in some cases, dread (McMichael 2004, Institute of Medicine 1992 and 2001). This growing concern in part …

… watershed services. Most schemes to date have relied on traditional sources of funding. These include taxpayer … services that could be used to replace or augment traditional sources of public or international donor funding. … services that could be used to replace or augment traditional sources of public or international donor funding …

… projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects … agencies (Laban et al, 2005). Agreements, including traditional customary rules, are sometimes formalised, for … water. They can bring together indigenous knowledge or traditional governance systems with formal laws and …

… projects worldwide. Combining the latest science with the traditional knowledge of local communities, these projects … and countries that innovate and ‘take their climate change medicine now, rather than later’ can, Blackrock says, … control and complexity change considerably – and where traditional notions of business sustainability are most …

… Pendjari Park (Volta River) in Benin. Photo: © T Moritz Traditional fishing in Pendjari Park (Volta River) in Benin. … of cattle and small scale dry season agriculture are traditional practices, overgrazing is leading to soil erosion … infection of children in Liberia. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 84(3): 277-280. Sachs, R. and …

… sites of scenic beauty valued for recreation, or sites for traditional ceremonies) are also important, although they are … in the face of such uncertainty requires a shift from traditional paradigms that attempt to reduce uncertainties to … under mosquito nets, and in some areas, anti-parasitic medicine has almost entirely eliminated parasitic …

… of the instruments included in the following analysis are traditional human rights instruments. Instruments arising in the humanitarian law arena, as well as more traditional environmental legal instruments, where the … 1990). drinking water and electricity and the shortage of medicine as alleged in communication 100/93 constitutes a …

… available knowledge and experience, both scientific and traditional. Successful IWRM also depends on a supporting … FOR WATER 2.1. National and international overview 2.2. Traditional and evolving approaches 2.3. Features of good … Liverpool, England, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Blumenthal, U., Mara, D.D., Peasey, A., …