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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability
… through springs, rivers and wetlands or into the sea. Intensive abstraction of groundwater, usually by pumping, … Urbanisation, industrialisation and intensification of farming practices have led to an escalating demand for … cause contamination of both groundwater and streams. Intensive on-site sanitation, with waste discharged to ground …
The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… - as well as internal factors - more aggressive farming practices, less favourable ecological conditions - … conditions. 201/ Similar problems exist with regard to intensive off-land animal production, for the concentration … have been introduced to deal with the pollution caused by intensive livestock production units. 203/ In France, …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… required, as is clarification of the claimed ranching or farming operations in Argentina DISTRIBUTION Rather … the mid-eighteenth century in the state of Amazonas alone. Intensive predation on adults and eggs, sustained over three … now within Kakadu National Park, which is subject to an intensive campaign to control Water Buffaloes. Elsewhere, the …
Wetland ecosystem services Factsheet 7 - Wetland products
… and scales, from low-intensity subsistence users, to intensive, commercial exploitation involving multinational … lost in the past 20 years, with aquaculture – especially intensive shrimp farming – implicated as one of the main culprits. Rice is a …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… and communities. Given the major role played by local farming communities in conserving AnGR, those communities … out various elements of breeding work. In countries where intensive production systems have a substantial share in the … of best agricultural practice. Specific legislation on intensive animal production systems was reported by …
Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation
… in Europe, but also in areas that are currently prone to intensive development planning. Established in 2003, the … confronted what could be called ‘enlargement fatigue’. An intensive discussion occurred at its latest thirteenth … is limited to cattle and sheep breeding, and small-scale farming utilizing traditional land-use patterns. …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… that ranges from almost no human impact allowed to an intensive-use zone which may be considerably modified and … overgrazing of endemic and rare plants, the unsustainable intensive col- lection of medicinal plants used in folk … inhabited by local Sherpa people that practiced farming and herding. As the interna- tionally accepted …
Energy law and sustainable development
… part to the fact that in industrialized countries energy-intensive activities, such as jet travel, are increasingly … 63, 532. Al is subdivided into three groups: A1FI (fossil intensive), A1T (non-fossil energy source), and A1B (balanced … through their villages and rainforests to be cleared for farming. Unlike Shell's Camisea project which was limited to …
Land and water - the rights interface
… the urban unemployed (Maxwell D. and Zziwa S. 1992. Urban Farming in Africa: the case of Kampala, Uganda ACTS Press, … a variety of purposes other than irrigation such as fish-farming. See Meinzen Dick, R. & van der Hoek, W. Multiple … helped achieve the original objectives of viable private farming communities. What is really surprising, though, is …