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Crossing Borders for Nature. European examples of transboundary conservation

… is limited to cattle and sheep breeding, and small-scale farming utilizing traditional land-use patterns. … traditionally dominated by large pastures and both dry and wet meadows. Reed cutting is the most recent form of … border. Whereas the eastern part is influenced by the dry Pannonian climate, the humid Atlantic climate dominates …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… We, the women, have re-instated the old rules, we sun-dry the oysters, and we are getting organised to sell them … in the community, particularly about issues relating to farming and ecotourism.24 Nature In this context nature … Iran, one of the 700 tribes that manage and conserve the dry lands of the country. © Samira Farahani, CENESTA. 72 …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… for other domestic uses, such as washing and subsistence farming, as well as for commercial agriculture and industrial … the total water supplies available during normal, single-dry, and multiple- dry years within a 20-year projection that will meet the …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… all play a major role in the shift to less sustainable farming systems and currently there is insufficient policy … on sustainable land management, as for example when dry season grazing areas for livestock are converted to crop …
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A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes

… Maass, J.M., et al. 2005. Ecosystem Services of Tropical Dry Forests: Insights from Long-term Ecological and Social … paper evaluates the importance of watershed services to farming communities in Southeast Asia. A case study in …
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Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas

… other environmental certification systems such as organic farming and the Marine Stewardship Council. Efforts to set … marine and inland waters, bogs, mires and fens, wet and dry grasslands, subterranean habitat types and forests). The … Lepaterique (Central American countries and Mexico) Dry-Zone Africa x Dry Asia Initiative93 x Near East Process x …
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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… refers to products of agriculture biomass, by-products at farming level and industrial processing of raw material … greenhouse gas emissions through the use of no-tillage farming methods. In the case of agriculture and specifically … of renewable and alternative energy sources especially in dry land areas and address the problem of deforestation. …
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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems

… exist, therefore all four sites were selected as IPAs. Dry grasslands (EUNIS E1): The species list for Romanian dry grasslands includes over 24 species from both dry pontic … Annual crops – Shifting agriculture – Small-holder farming – Agro-industry farming Perennial non-timber crops – …
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Legislative and regulatory options for animal welfare

… apply to other types of production such as subsistence farming and small-scale commercial production. Different … European Convention for the Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes (1976), although there they were expanded to … incidence of pale, soft, exudative (PSE) or dark, firm and dry (DFD) meat defects. PSE meat occurs most frequently in …
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In the front line : Shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs

… such as the use of silt curtains, and building in the dry rather than the wet season. Incorporating knowledge of … 643. de Graaf, G.J. and Xuan, T.T. 1998. Extensive shrimp farming, mangrove clearance and marine fisheries in the …
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