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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… Urbanisation, industrialisation and intensification of farming practices have led to an escalating demand for … km2) and was being depleted, because the local commercial-farming community had virtually open-access for groundwater … use com- pared to that of adjacent land used for dryland farming.80 A similar phenomenon occurs in Mendoza province, …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2 - A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… Danger in 2017, where it had been included in 2003 due to farming, illegal gold mining and poaching affecting its … (light green) in 2017. However, threats remain, including farming and artisanal gold mining taking place within the … situation in 2012 and in the latter the international cooperative efforts to stem the illegal trade in Siamese …
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The Land in Numbers

… credits generated by applying sustainable land management farming techniques. So far they have achieved a reduction of … Kenyans Earn First Ever Carbon Credits from Sustainable Farming, … farming 51. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, … (CTA): Climate-smart agriculture. Success Stories from farming communities around the world, 2013, p. 10. 52. …
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Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications

… shipping, military and security uses, recreation and fish farming. The overexploitation of oceans presents several … of oceans12 Challenges � Expansion of fish and shellfish farming (aquaculture) has caused loss of vegetation and … reversible. While the demand for fish is increasing, fish farming may relieve some of the pressure on wild fisheries, …
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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… these community councils have led to diversification of farming systems, including terracing of degraded slopes and … farmers have readopted and adapted traditional farming techniques which have substantially improved their … reduced impacts of natural disasters. The traditional farming methods have proven a high degree of resilience to …
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Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… they provide wood for construction, road and bridge work, farming tools, furniture, fuel and charcoal. They are also … 100% The majority of the sample population is occupied by farming. The proportion of dependents across all ethnic … area of the district. Only four households practice pig farming, with total production of 8,945 pigs. The export of …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… paper evaluates the importance of watershed services to farming communities in Southeast Asia. A case study in …
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Energy law and sustainable development

… through their villages and rainforests to be cleared for farming. Unlike Shell's Camisea project which was limited to … a 10,000 solar home system programme by a rural electric cooperative in Bolivia. Mortgage financing, allowing … formulate and implement energy efficiency policies and cooperative or coordinated actions based on …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… and North Seas AWG-LCA Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (UNFCCC) BDMS Baekdu Daegan Mountain … are semi-natural lands that may be managed primarily for farming, timber, recreation or other human uses, but provide … and facilitate multiple partnerships Develop multiple cooperative task plans Implement multiple cooperative tasks …
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