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World Heritage, Wilderness and Large Landscapes and Seascapes
… and stewardship, as well as through specific uses, such as livestock grazing, fire management, selective hunting, … landscape and shaped the ecology, especially through fire-farming. They have done so for somewhere over 50,000 years. … groups have gradually been adopting small- scale farming lifestyles in and around the small but growing …
Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas
… forest pro- ducts (e.g. honey, mushrooms, berries) ✓ ✓ ✓ Livestock grazing ✓ ✓ ✓ Marine fish aquaculture ✓ ✓ ✓ … moving into cities and abandoning traditional small-scale farming and cattle breeding, which also negatively affects … quality & quantity Building knowledge Medicinal herbs Wood Livestock grazing Fishing Commercial water use Wild food …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… river ba- sin from natural vegetation to arable farming and cattle grazing. Removal of the natural vegetation … C relies extensively on aquaculture especially salmon farming on the section of the River X which flows through its … of water use (e.g. drinking water use, use of water for livestock watering, irrigational water use, water use for …
Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee
… rivers in limestone areas across Jamaica where much of the farming is done. The risk evaluation considered the … involving direct exposure of the environment (wildlife, livestock, etc.) Information is required describing the …
International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… run-off from fertilizer-treat- ed agricultural fields and livestock-raising); microbial contamination of seafood and … a code of conduct for small-scale sustainable shrimp farming. (See “Consumer Initiatives,” below.) As these … obtained by sustainable means. The effort may extend to farming and ranching operations as mariculture begins to …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… (i) improve soil conservation and introduce sustainable farming and forestry practices, which ensure long-term … accord a first priority to supply water for domestic, livestock and industrial use, as well as ecological water …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… calculated, those benefits far exceeded those derived from farming the land, an average of US$5,800 per hectare of … cryptosporidium, salmonella, shigella Domestic sewage, livestock Spread of infectious diseases and parasites. …