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The Land in Numbers
… THE LAND IN NUMBERS LIVELIHOODS AT A TIPPING POINT FOREWORD … the numbers highlight how much we rely on productive land. Amongst other valuable services, land feeds our … have the potential for land rehabilitation and forest restoration. 45 • The cost of land restoration ranges from …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… March 2015, Cancún, Mexico “Combating desertifi cation/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … Mexico http://3sc.unccd.int “Combating desertification/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … by way of reducing degradation processes and scaling up restoration activities, the objective is to maintain and …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or genocide. nor … a billion inhabitants are rural, a majority lives off the land and desertification is a constant threat to their … drought effects 1975 2003 InvesTIng In large-scale resToraTIon InITIaTIves the climatic effects on land occur at …
The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)
… we face are complex. But by better implementing good land management practices, we can simultaneously help … and secure sustainable agricultural and energy production. Land truly is the glue that holds our societies together. … bodies to demonstrate the multiple benefits of land restoration by profiling successful interventions that offer …
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… a number of conventions dealing with matters related to land degradation, desertification and/or drought, such as the … focusing specifically on the problem of desertification, land degradation and drought is the United Nations Convention … objectives that relate to the integrated development of land, control of soil erosion, deforestation, reclamation of …
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 … as specified in tables 1 and 2. For the purposes of restoration and maintenance of buildings and vintage vehicles …
Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
… 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 … select Mr. Khaled Klaly (Syrian Arab Republic) and Mr. Tom Land (United States of America) as co-chairs of the dialogue. …