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The Land in Numbers

… THE LAND IN NUMBERS LIVELIHOODS AT A TIPPING POINT FOREWORD … the world declare that climate change impacts – like land degradation and drought - are national security issues.2 • In … what we should do now in order to make land degradation neutrality a reality for us and for future generations. We …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… March 2015, Cancún, Mexico “Combating desertifi cation/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and sustainable … Identification of pathways towards land degradation neutrality: by way of reducing degradation processes and …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… better livelihoods through conservation rather than from degradation of such resources. This is well articulated in … of India of ecosystems. For instance, when forest land is diverted or Afforestation (CA) over at least equal land area as the diverted forest land. In addition, a Net …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… mechanism, and the elaboration of rules on permissible land-use, land- use change and forestry (“LULUCF”). The … worked on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries since 2005. The Warsaw … and removals by sinks was used as a proxy for “carbon neutrality” or a “net zero” goal. , both of which also proved …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

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

… - lakes, ponds, rivers and coastal fringes - and any land which is regularly or intermittently covered or … in the region. Legislation is necessary to stop their degradation and destruction. In planning for their … Nations may join the Convention. Where a country, for neutrality or other reasons, does not belong to the UN …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and brought together scienti!c, economic, and … rights regarding access to biological resources on private land or to create speci!c rights over the genetic resources … knowledge or any other intended activity on their land occurs according to their customary laws. Overall, BCPs …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… grow within NOx emission inventories as emissions from land-based sources are reduced progressively. 52 UPDATED … This is a 157,000-km2 area consisting of a strip of land 1,100 km long and averaging 140 km in width stretching … organic solvents in pesticide formulations; (c) Anaerobic degradation of animal feeds and wastes. 68. VOC emissions are …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. and knowledge regarding the extent of the …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… if any, with stratospheric influences, and their degradation products, the identification of such substances, … the selection of Mr. David Okioga (Kenya) and Mr. Tom Land (United States of America) as Co-Chairs of the … in decision XVII/46 to endorse the selection of Mr. Tom Land (United States of America) and Mr. Nadzri Yahaya …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere