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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… upstream landholders dedicate their land to intensive agricultural or cattle-ranching activities, or when forest owners convert their forest land to agricultural land. In these cases, down- stream water … this may be too costly, time-consuming or not feasible in practice. A contract therefore may not need to be legally …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Forest … halting deforestation may carry costs in terms of lost agricultural and logging opportunities, these are far … in fishing worldwide. Significant changes in policy and practice are there- fore required if this target is to be …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… Part A - Nature-based Solutions: From Theory to Practice … In the past, food security has been considered an issue of agricultural production. However, recent thinking suggests … nutrients. Likewise, growing water demands to support agricultural and municipal needs have modified the river’s …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… learned from experience with mountain-related policy and practice among IUCN component programmes as well as between … destructive torrents, loss of biodiversity, flooding of agricultural lands in nearby downstream areas, poor … of reservoirs and irrigation infrastructure, reduced agricultural productivity, and severe ecological imbalances. …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… a lost opportunity to produce 20 million tons of grain • agricultural yields could fall by up to 50% in some african … drylands and developing countries. about one third of all agricultural land is either highly or moderately degraded. … vegetation, expanding secondary salinization, and reducing agricultural efficiency in oases. clImaTe – changIng The Face …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… Ecosystem Approach and which are being widely applied in practice, namely Biosphere Reserves, ecological networks, … habitats which were managed through traditional agricultural practices. Forest habitats are also coming under … hunting and wildlife trafficking, land invasion and agricultural expansion – including illegal coca cultivation. …
Toolkit for the Sound Management of DDT for Disease Vector Control
… have been developed by FAO [48]. Quality control in practice During the registration process of a pesticide, the … 7.3 Key documents • FAO (2001). Guidelines on good practice for ground application of pesticides. … G, Yadav RS, Zaim M: Status of pesticide management in the practice of vector control: a global survey in countries at …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… insufficient attention to date in both the research and practice literature, yet action is happening on the ground. … to be referred to as men, women now make up around 43% of agricultural workers in developing countries (Njie &Ndiaye, … addition, with international migration a feminisation of agricultural labour has occurred. As men migrate - either on …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… may benefit from the increased demand in bioenergy-related agricultural commodities to revive agricultural trade and stimulate agricultural and rural … barriers. The complementary fourth step is a common practice analysis to show that no similar project activities …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… and Bolivia Box 5: Constitution of Ecuador Box 6: Best Practice: South Korea Framework Act on Low Carbon Green … constitutional relevance is also granted to the use of agricultural land for which, on the one hand, it is the … “credit assistance to satisfy the financing needs of the agricultural activity and, especially, of the low-income …