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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… a critical area of biodiversity and high productivity in a dry area, where rainfall is uncertain and livelihoods are … of more than USD 2 million a year through reduction in dry-season grazing, fishing, natural resource harvesting and … villagers formed a group to stop the logging and shrimp farming. Their efforts were successful and the gate was …
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Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 - More case studies from around the globe

… species listing. Its habitat requirements are short, dry turf on sandy, nutrient poor soils, with the presence of … the historical integrity of the park by allowing cattle farming in Abrams Creek headwaters resulting in sediment … have been in this population (digging burrows to spend the dry season, feeding and mating) and in the same frequencies …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… on the surface of the earth. baseflow: the sustained or dry weather flow of a stream resulting from the outflow of … and from the drainage of lakes and swamps during dry weather; also included are water from glaciers, snow and … of capture fisheries (fishing) and aquaculture (fish farming). The value of inland fisheries is often …
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Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change

… harvesting, supplementary irrigation, traditional farming techniques to protect watersheds, changing hunting … taking shelter in elevated grounds, selling land, fuel and dry food storage, or diet change. The author of the paper … In many cases climate change may result in longer dry seasons. This combined with the disturbance to forest …
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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… 3.1.2 Savannah dry forest rivers … 5.1.3 Savannah dry forest rivers and inner Niger delta … and pollution, plus deforestation associated with farming and human population increases. Some parts of its … of its stream habitat from deforestation associated with farming and human population increases. No conservation …
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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

… of economic activities, from fishing and subsistence farming to intensive rice cultivation. At the Regional … over the entire basin. Seasons will shift, with the dry season lasting longer and experiencing even less … droughts with low-rainfall monsoons in summer and normal dry winters that lead to low yields outside irrigated areas. …
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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

… of on-farm trees: on-farm trees are not only assets for farming systems but are also an important source of … Sukuma have long relied on ngitili to provide them with dry-season fodder for their cattle, firewood and other … • General and thematic maps drawn up • Percentage of dry forests managed, planned and protected • Cooperation …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… differences because all images were captured during the dry season when little geomorphic changes take place. Barrier … which require substantial amounts of water during the dry season but release it during the rainy season. In … K.K., Panwar, A.S. and Singh, J.L. (2003). Sustainable Farming Systems for Hill Agriculture. In: Bhatt, B.P., …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… land pushed back the former pastures and meadows. Cattle farming became less and less attractive, while wine and … taiga typical for Fennoscandia, which mainly consist of dry pine forests with a characteristic high fire frequency. … habitat types such as fallow grassland, shrubland, dry grassland, pioneer forest, wet meadows, water bodies and …
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The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries

… Regions were also surveyed. The latter RCs lie within the dry pastoral zone (Zone Sylvo-Pastorale or ZSP), in the north … stock (MEF, 2001a). Moreover, low rainfall and a long dry season in the ZSP forces households to drive their … Comprehensive surveys of “fishing units” in both the dry and rainy seasons, to control for seasonal effects; …
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