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Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
… with attempts to reforest an area that had been used for farming. The farmers involved protested and the RTAF, to its … with high priority for soil conservation and areas for farming. In the case of the site where the aborted first … (RFD). In addition to the usual reluctance to condone farming in reserved forests, there were also some citizenship …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… refers to products of agriculture biomass, by-products at farming level and industrial processing of raw material … for the following project types: avoided emissions from organic waste through alternative waste treatment processes … produced from agricultural or agroindustrial inputs, or organic waste" and which comply with the quality standards …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… will succeed. Solutions for achieving sustainable farming and food systems include sustainable productivity … 3 Increasing area under sustainable management, based on organic certification and conservation agriculture. Nutrient … covered by agricultural certification schemes, for example organic and conservation agriculture, is growing, but still …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… other natural products in the monastery area is not fully organic, since certain mild fertil- izers and pesticides are … used in moderation. Composting is not performed and solid organic waste is thrown out. Seeds of certain threatened … inhabited by local Sherpa people that practiced farming and herding. As the interna- tionally accepted …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… caused mostly by the disruption of fishing and aquaculture farming activities due to damage to key assets such as boats, … of rivers is greatly reduced, diminishing the quantity of organic matter that would normally flow to the coasts and … to reefs. Earthquakes cause coral reefs to be uprooted. Organic materials transported by rivers are diminished …
Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications
… shipping, military and security uses, recreation and fish farming. The overexploitation of oceans presents several … profits Terra Eco Systems specializes in recycling organic waste materials to agriculture, land restoration, … the company recycles more than 1.7 million metric tons of organic material including water and wastewater sludge, as …
Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work
… modern administrators, but can more easily be applied by farming or urban households. The following sections use case … bottom when the river was dammed had begun cage fish farming with encouragement by activists and some Japanese … killing all the fish that the villagers had been farming. A massive conflict issued at the local level. The …
Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law
… FOR STANDARDIZATION VI. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE MOVEMENTS VII. UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED … IAC IFOAM Accreditation Criteria for Certification of Organic Production and Processing IBS IFOAM Basic Standards … was first instituted in the 1970s by the regional organic farming groups that first developed organic standards, and …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… Act, RSY 2000 E-12. 42 Costa Rica Environmental Organic Law No. 7554 of November 13, 1995 DRC Congo … No. 17.283 of November 28, 2000 Venezuela Environmental Organic Law In Singapore, the Environmental Protection and … region, place heavy emphasis on the promotion of organic farming and agricultural practices not only to promote …
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 …