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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… more than half the international water basins lack a cooperative management framework.8 In addition, many of the … would enable subsistence farmers to practice sustainable farming, to provide food, to ensure an income, and to enhance … supra note 6, p. 10. 140 IASRB, SALSEA: An International Cooperative Research Programme on Salmon at Sea, SAL(04)5,1 …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… and river sedimentation is reduced in cultivated areas by farming systems using zero-tillage or agroforestry compared … farmers to build modern facilities and switch to organic farming was in fact more cost effective than building … income, limited annually to 25% of gross income from farming. Environmental taxes can be used negatively to …
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Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands

… infection on site, among which are: i) intensive poultry farming (chickens, turkeys, quail, ducks and geese); ii) … are considered suitable environments for free-range duck farming. In such cases, the options include: i) improving the … 22. NOTES the essential need for adequate standards for farming and aquaculture, and the need to develop strategies …
31 May 2026 Document

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 …
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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments

… roles  by  collaborating  with  women’s  business,  cooperative  and  producer  associations,  labour  unions,  … er different business models, such as plantations, contract farming, outgrower schemes  or  joint  ventures,  can  … and  technical  support  for  such  schemes.  Cooperative  schemes  involving  young  people  in  …
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European models of good practice in protected areas

… of the island, one part of which is its sus- tainable farming practices, but certainly not entirely dependent on … pastures) has remained at 35%. Both intensification of farming and abandonment of farmed land lead to loss of …
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FAO's work on Climate Change

… by using smarter and more productive, integrated farming systems. Shifting to sustainable management and use … appropriate typologies to characterize the diversity of farming types, thereby enabling adequate targeting of … IN INDIA SHOWING CLIMATE ACTION PROMISE One solar cooperative in Dhundi, in the state of Gujarat in Western …
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Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration

… of on-farm trees: on-farm trees are not only assets for farming systems but are also an important source of … agriculture was probably contributing little to the local farming community. Increased forest cover on the steeper … has been cleared extensively for agriculture. While farming is currently productive, the level of biodiversity …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… species listed in Appendix II; and by undertaking cooperative research activities.74 The Convention has been … in 1959 of the Antarctic Treaty.80 The treaty was a cooperative effort to create the Antarctic as a global … more recent and includes, for instance, certification of farming through organic standards grouped under the auspices …
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Desertification: the invisible frontline

… DeclInIng opTIons, global consequences FooD (In)securITy - FarmIng ourselves InTo exTIncTIon in 2008, food insecurity … the situation and pushing people that depend on farming, pastoralism and other natural resources into forced …
31 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere