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Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… Inter-Governmental Organization IPZ Intensive Protection Zone IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature JKIA … from tropical montane forests to savannah plains and arid and semi-arid lands. Kenya is home to 9152 documented species of …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… Omar, 2001, “Causes and Impacts of Land Degradation in the Arid Environment of Kuwait”, in Response to Land Degradation, … centre for afforestation experiments and nurseries in the zone of Shtura-Beqa 1995; Hungary, Decree No 24 of 1995 of … CCD150 “desertification” means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various …
Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… urban forests would include natural woodlands within the zone of influence of urbanization, traditionally belonging to … (UNCCD) acknowledges the impact of desertification on arid and semi-arid and dry sub- humid zones. Article 1 defines "land …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… different concerns from those of countries that are more arid. States in which manufacturing or extractive industries … which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil. Native … Mobilization of water resources, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas; ( i ) Promotion of international scientific …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… change and livelihoods in the Albany Thicket, South Africa Semi-Arid Desertification Uganda Mt Elgon Ecosystem Initiatives to … • Provide climate change mitigation. • Integrated Coastal Zone Management; • Integrated Water Resource Management …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… unsafe levels (Government of Marshall Islands, 2017). In arid and semi-arid areas, prolonged or frequent episodes of drought … are necessary to ensure disaster-resilient coastal zone development. Managing forests for disaster protection …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… of the world’s worst land degradation (LD) problems. The arid, semi-arid, and sub-humid (dryland) zones of Western PRC cover … a nature reserve for the primitive forests and riparian zone. Instead, the new programme considered the protection of …