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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… performance requirements related to the entire life-cycle of the product, including the sustainability of the … growing crops in areas subject to negative climatic or hydrological conditions. In the case of ecological-economic … zoning strategies (like those based on climatic and hydrological conditions), as well as strategic environmental …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… When assessments are adjusted using standard life-cycle methodologies to account for pastoralism’s positive … pressure34. 10 Figure 4: Livestock systems and the carbon cycle. Opportunistic stocking strategies which closely track … due to habitat changes, and adverse impacts on soil hydrological function and water cycles. The continuous or …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… control, and regulatory consideration of the entire life-cycle of products .183 IPC presupposes the use (not … of land resources, including soil, vegetation and related hydrological processes . The measures they take are to aim at … soil, vegetation, other biota, and the ecological and hydrological processes that operate within the system. Draft …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… of Exeter, The United Kingdom; Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden; the Ministry of … warming to below 1.5°C following an overshoot. Carbon cycle and climate system understanding is still limited about …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… process should continue throughout the production cycle, although in the long periods between harvesting the … be retained along water courses, primarily to protect hydrological values. Often, these buffer zones are also very … increases the probability of new fires, which lead to a cycle of further impoverishment and increased fire risk. …
A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27
… and staging areas required to complete the whole annual cycle. Flyways often include several countries that the birds … increase in global temperatures will intensify the hydrological regime whilst increasing the spatial variability … drain- age, landfilling and degradation and changes to hydrological regimes is important as this will buffer …