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Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

… vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for … is defined as a “strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … the success of such restoration works. For example, reef rehabilitation through translocation of coral fragments is …
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E1 - Regulation of the Environment - Support Function of Groundwater Systems

… aquifer. It can also result in the subsidence of overlying land, which can destroy the storage and transmission … negatively affected. Further, contamination from various land-based human activities, such as, agricultural, … of aquifer pollution; (h) direct the owner or occupier of land to seal off any borehole situated on the land – (i) …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… Approach - a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at … goods than can be sustained, such as overfishing; - land use and land cover changes, or changes to habitats due … assessments); • Implement ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation that follow clear technical guidance and match …
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Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)

… their subsequent movements, are compatible with permitted land-uses in the affected areas. 4. The ecological roles of … of the compatibility of permitted and non-permitted land-uses in areas either proposed for a release or where … ecosystem functions or processes? • Non-lethal control • Rehabilitation release • Commercial/recreational • Religious …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… #7. Allaway, J., & Cox, P. (1989). 'Forests and competing land uses in Kenya', Environmental Management 13 (2):171-187 … Kenya are under heavy pressure from competing agricultural land uses and from unsustainable cutting. The problem is … how economic analysis can contribute to efficient land rehabilitation. A brief review of available evidence of land
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

… Approach – a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that places human needs at … reduction in species diversity. High heterogeneity in land use will be reduced if fire brings about more uniform … resources and agriculture, and for the protection and rehabilitation of areas, particularly in Africa, affected by …
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Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… or loss of biological or economic productivity of land resulting from land use or from processes such as water or wind erosion. The … leaving negligible profit at the community level for land rehabilitation. Similarly, the development of an economy …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… condition where possible. Constraints e.g. conflicting land-uses Opportunities e.g. conservation initiatives Step 5: … document has broader relevance to anyone operating in a land, catchment or ocean management or spatial planning role, … be established or expanded? – Where should efforts for rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems be focused? (e.g. …
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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening

… 19 4.5 Land-use planning and land ownership ................................. 21 4.6 Urban … July 1999 Paragraph 11. We shall promote the conservation, rehabilitation and maintenance of buildings, monuments, open … and the greening of degraded areas, through forest rehabilitation, afforestation, reforestation and other …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… and sustainable use of renewable resources 8 2.1 Land, soil and water 8 2.2 Species and genetic diversity 9 … management of natural resources such as soil and land, air and water, and biological resources. It also … and aims at defining the cost and the bearer of eventual rehabilitation measures.37 2. Conservation and sustainable …
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