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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… March 2015, Cancún, Mexico “Combating desertifi cation/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … Mexico http://3sc.unccd.int “Combating desertification/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … factor is always the limited size of cropland. The land tenure dynamics in these areas have led to the formation of …
25 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Assessing the international forest regime

… of UNCED ... 19 1.1 Progress through National Forest and Land-Use Programmes ........................... 19 1.2 … causes of deforestation are not covered: e.g. agrarian land reform in relation to landless peasants, environmental … services” and “economic instruments, tax policies and land tenure”. Although an original member of the ITFF, the Bank …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… and terrestrial ecosystems as well as weather patterns. Land, air, freshwater and marine pollution further threatens … biocapacity – the amount of biologically productive land and sea area that is available to regenerate these … retention and management of nature reserves, and the tenure and registration of protected areas. Specific …
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Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors

… 8 3.3.4 Conservation corridors need to be integrated into land use planning ......... 8 3.3.5 Connectivity conservation … to support strengthened environmental linkages in the land and seascape. Whilst a myriad of different terminologies … of protected areas by working across different land tenure and management regimes. Korea has established clear …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… President Kennedy had pledged that the United States would land a man on the moon before the decade was out. As the … of the oceans through controlling both ocean-based and land-based sources of pollution, and to assure the continuing … Director of UNEP from January 1973 to December 1975. His tenure was perhaps shorter than his many friends and admirers …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… and processing. As coconut grows in coastal areas valuable land is not removed from agriculture. Ecosystem preservation … initiative, 2005). Drylands—covering 40% of the world’s land mass and inhabited by only one-third of the world’s … balancing adaptation and mitigation activities with land tenure and pastoral rights and maintaining ecosystem …
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Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… degrees, qualities of: exclusivity permanence security of tenure transferability. Property rights in natural resources … interest in an easement falls short of a true estate in land. 20 The range of protection specifically includes … under the 1996 Act therefore operates similarly to a land title register, and a registration document relating to …
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Review of laws, policies and economic instruments related to payment for ecosystem services in Vietnam

… 2. Rights to use, manage and benefit from land and environmental resources .................1 Ecosystem … Rights to manage land and use … or more sellers who undertake to carry out a particular land use on a continuous basis, which will generate the … There is no Vietnamese equivalent for the English term “tenure”. So as to avoid misunderstanding or …
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The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation

… lowlands, Indonesian Papua Gill Shepherd 29. Explaining land use, highlands, Indonesian Papua Gill Shepherd 30. Jetty … Approach is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … are proving particularly important. First, since diverse tenure and institutional arrangements exist within …
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Developing a Global Soil Regime

… loss of biodiversity, desertification, drought, and land degradation have become more prominent. While … climate change have garnered close attention, issues of land degradation and sustainability of soils has attracted … eg, Republic of South Africa, Extension of Security of Tenure Act 1997; D A Posey, ‘Traditional Resource Rights, …
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