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Improving governance of pastoral lands
… Ruiz-Mirazo Entretantos Foundation / IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere IUCN … Foundation), Jabier Ruiz-Mirazo (IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management), Jennifer Mohamed-Katerere (IUCN … the potential to be grazed, and which is used as a natural ecosystem for the production of grazing livestock and …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… 1.3.3 NbS as an umbrella concept for ecosystem-related approaches .. 1.4 NbS initiatives at IUCN … Colorado General background Water resources in the semi-arid southwestern US are under increasing pressure from … The overarching challenge in transitional and semi-arid riparian systems is managing the uncertainty associated …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… such as loss of human lives, cultural heritage, and ecosystem services, are difficult to value and monetize. 1.0 … reduce the risks to natural and managed ecosystems (e.g., ecosystem-based adaptation, ecosystem restoration and avoided degradation and …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… and poverty 81 Multiple scales and multiple levels 81 The ecosystem approach 82 The landscape concept 84 Application to … six districts and 833 villages. The predominantly semi-arid region has nearly two million people. The high … Trees as Key to Pastoralist Risk Management in Semi-Arid Landscapes in Shinyanga, Tanzania, and Turkana, Kenya. …
Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 2012
… because these organizations do not encompass wildlife and ecosystem health, IUCN is now bringing in this aspect through … • Water over-extraction (particularly islands and arid regions) • Invasive species • Deforestation RLA Focal … and semi-desert ecotopes • Include algal symbionts! • Arid lichens from the Red Data Book of Ukraine: studying, …
Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors
… of fauna. Earlier agreements also dealt with a particular ecosystem, such as oceans. Conceivably this latter matter is … desertification Degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… and sustainable use of crop diversity in the semi- arid Zambezi-Gwembe Valley of Zambia Improving the … to organic farming; and focusing from the individual farm ecosystem to community/agro-ecosystem wide conversion. Technical support and information …