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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa
… Peace and Security 9 Opportunities for Redistribution of Land and Resource Benefits 11 Donor Imperatives and the … extension and technology development for rural-based agricultural production systems. It is hoped that under such … com- munities could behave “rationally”, reconvert much agricultural land to wildlife habi- tat, and use the economic …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 9 Case Studies of Linkages in Land-use Planning and Conservation . . . . . . . . 177 … surface and an estimated 62,500ha of land is going out of agricultural production each year (Hobbs 1993a). Nature … in forest cover ranging from mainly forest to mainly agricultural land (Andrén 1992). Both the density of corvids …
Issues in water law reform
… distributed surface water collecting or falling on private land; • groundwater percolating through land. Arid … of land degradation in Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics 31(2): 155-174. Meadows, D. (1996), … of the most important components of this programme, and agricultural land tenure, with all its unfairness and lack of …
Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual
… Assessment Centre ■■ imawesa – Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa ■■ IWMI – … Resources Assessment Centre Improved Management of Agricultural Water in Eastern and Southern Africa Information … of micro- and macro-policy issues in- fluencing water and land use, and represents one of the major global challenges …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… and Conservation of the European Union FAO Food and Agricultural Organization FOM Forestry Assessment, Management … across other high priority issues such as climate change, land degradation, hazardous chemicals and wastes and ozone … the harvesting of species to levels compatible with agricultural use or human safety. At the same time, CBNRM, in …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… ................................. 11 2.1.2 The issue of agricultural biodiversity within the context of the CBD … 35 Contents iv 3.1.1 The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU and the related legislative … 80 4.7 Land and farm management … welfare guiding principles and standards focus on: (a) land transport; (b) sea transport; (c) humane slaughter for …
Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas
… Needs Half vision. Its aim is to ensure that enough wild land and seascapes are protected and interconnected … institutional owners, individuals or trusts that own the land. While desirable, these are often short-term and … often identified and designated as ‘wilderness’ are on land, yet many places in the oceans and coastal waters …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects
… pollution is diffuse runoff from cultivated or industrial land. Some of the most frequently used infrastructure … function as carbon sinks, increase pollination for nearby agricultural fields, improve air quality, regulate local … from non-point source pollution (e.g. from surrounding agricultural activities). Riparian vegetation cover prevents …
Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… 2. Valuing and Managing Watershed Services 21 2.1 Linking land and water use to downstream benefits 21 2.2 Valuation of … and tools that relate development to conservation, agricultural and industrial production, and the increasing … storage capacity (m3/m2) • Pollutant concentrations • Agricultural water use (m3/ha) • Fish stock (kg/m3) • Amounts …
Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
… and men to have equal rights in access to and ownership of land. In order to reach gender equality, in most settings … 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 …