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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… land management and resilience of arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas ”. The “Scientific and Traditional … management of natural resources in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas in Sahel - Sub Saharan Africa. The OSS … 65 ENHANCED ADAPTATION OF WINTER PULSES TO RAIN-FED FARMING SYSTEMS IN SOUTH ASIA SARKER, ASHUTOSH; AGRAWAL, SHIV …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Desertification: the invisible frontline

… DeclInIng opTIons, global consequences FooD (In)securITy - FarmIng ourselves InTo exTIncTIon in 2008, food insecurity … • From 1950-1980 10-14% of the land mass was classified as dry, which rose to between 25-30% between 2000 and 2010 • The … availability is projected to decrease by 10-30% over some dry regions, including the dry tropics • climatic stresses …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… largest area, followed by semi evergreen, evergreen and dry deciduous. An analysis of the area under forests in the … coastal, evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and dry biodiversity. In the western part where the district … is also used for commercial salt production and shrimp farming. River Ken Brij Gopal and Dinesh Marothia, Center for …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… plant diversity has been the raw material that enabled farming systems and agriculture to evolve. Food plants have … l Seed banks are used to maintain orthodox seeds in dry conditions at temperatures below zero over long periods … 326 International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) 134 741 International Crops Research …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… natural gas CO Carbon monoxide CO2 Carbon dioxide DBB Dry bottom boiler DME Dimethyl ether EBDS Electron beam dry scrubbing EGR Exhaust gas recirculation ELV Emission … coatings SCR Selective catalytic reduction SDA Spray dry absorption SI Spark-ignition SNCR Selective non-catalytic …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala

… crops of nutritional importance and wild relatives, family farming   7   and community seed banks, was crucial for the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… are considered crucial by farmers who therefore engage in farming practices in which the use of PGRFA, or … uptake and therefore increased production in intensive farming systems Lesson 3 –Implementation of Farmers´Rights 7 … the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 359 faba bean landraces conserved in the …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention e-course

21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… involved in defining transitional zones between wet and dry or making banal statements that if you need rubber boots … as ducks, flamingos and herons. The third dealt with farming for waterfowl and the prevention of crop damage. The … changes in the evolution of wetlands, from open water to dry land, occurring in a time-span of centuries. Sometimes it …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity