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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… manfredxy; Wind Power: Shutterstock, WDG Photo; Water Drop: Shutterstock, frantisekhojdysz; Girl and Tap Water: Shutterstock, kuppa Citation This document may be … nitrate pollution of groundwater, eutrophication of surface waters and coastal zones, soil compaction, and …
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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration

… one SDG and other SDGs have been published for SDG6 (UN-Water, 2016), SDG4 (Vladimirova and Le Blanc, 2016), and … Weitz and Nilsson, 2014, for climate, land, energy and water). As far as we are aware, a similar systematic exercise … temperature, stratification and de-oxy- genation of sub-surface waters can lead to significant changes in organism …
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Transboundary Conservation. A systematic and integrated approach

… four Thematic Areas of Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services, Water and Air, and Geospatial Solutions, and underpinned by … is the smallest national park in Austria, with a total surface of 13.3 km². The Thaya River meanders over 26 km … various habitats. Over 90 per cent of the National Park’s surface is covered in forests, dominated by oak and beech …
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Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: Towards equity and enhanced conservation. Guidance on policy and practice for co-managed protected areas and community conserved areas

… together, they cover more than 11.5% of the terres trial surface of the earth (though only 3.4% of the entire surface, since there are rela tively few marine protected … repre sen ta tives of pasto ral ists has so far focused on water points for pastoral use, with no agree ments to date. …
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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… consumption, indirect drivers (i.e. food, shelter, water and energy needs), and direct pressures on … and degradation is largely accounted for by unsustainable water use and drainage for conversion to other land uses, … combined land and ocean surface temperature data as calculated by a linear trend show …
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Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management

… species, both terrestrial and marine, and has deep water seamounts with areas of high biological diversity and … change impacts (e.g. ocean acidification, increase in sea surface temperature, sea-level rise and more severe storm … exist on the seafloor, 5 to 6 kilometres below the ocean’s surface, and have been found to contain valuable minerals, …
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Cost and benefits of ecosystem based adaptation: The case of the Philippines

… control, and new irrigation facilities and reservoirs for water shortages. These options are likely to be costly and … Furthermore, it provides co-benefits such as clean water and food for communities, risk reduction options and … and Existing Climate Trends The Philippines has a total surface area of 299,404 km2, encompassing large mountainous …
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Comment aborder la REDD+ au Cameroun: Contexte, enjeux et options pour une stratégie nationale

… et humide ; Température annuelle moyenne de l’air et de la surface de l’eau variant entre 24°C et 26,5°C. Sols … that can be funded by the RFA (Lescuyer et al., 2008): i) water supply or electrification; ii) construction and … students, support for setting up community farms, village water projects and the purchase of motorbikes (CIFOR, 2007). …
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Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities - Lessons learned and guidelines for implementation

… as a “strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promote conservation and … 2.2.1 Background and context in Chile Chile has a surface area of 756,096.3 km2 and extends along 4,270 km2 as … and 100 people respectively, to demonstrate that to reduce surface erosion, a high density of roots and increased soil …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… of 294 million hectares, accounting for 8% of the combined surface of terrestrial and 6% of marine protected areas. … The rapid expansion of tourism facilities is causing water pollution due to excessive water use and inadequate sewage systems. The overflow of …
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