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Factsheet - Protected Areas

… services, such as water purification and retention, erosion control, and can reduce flooding and unnatural wild …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Factsheet - Ecosystem Services

… and store CO2 n Protect water channels and shores from erosion n Regulate disease-carrying organisms n Provide …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Assessing the international forest regime

… social costs. Loss of forest cover often increases soil erosion, increases flooding, reduces water clarity which in … harvesting the timber does not have to pay for soil erosion, flooding, and other costs. As a result, private gain … turn, led to accelerated deterioration of watersheds, high erosion rates and loss of biodiversity. The causes of the …
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Preservation of oasis ecosystems

… irrigation (doses and frequency) and drainage; e. genetic erosion caused by the generalization of certain cultivars for …
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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

… must comply with the following conditions: 1. Not cause erosion; 2. Not cause obstruction to waterways; 3. Not cause … water for different uses (Article 23) and for preventing erosion that affects water quality (Article 27). 3.3.6 Law on … Land Law prohibits any activity in a wetland that causes erosion, which may or may not be a result of grazing. …
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Guidelines for applying protected area management categories

… islands and coastal land will be more vulnerable to erosion and loss of land and habitats as a result of … avalanche control, firebreaks, wind- breaks and erosion control; Forests managed primarily as a community … and transmitted through water (e.g., pollution, soil erosion and eutrophication). While all protected areas must …
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The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007

… �� View of the Peaks from the Navajo Reservation continued erosion of one of the oldest in- digenous cultures in North … the trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata), which Soil erosion caused by increasing visitor numbers �� has been … had their roots uncovered, and the soil has suffered from erosion and hard- ening; like many other mountains, Mani- san …
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Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets

… have been developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity. Strategic …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… M., 1995, ‘Rationality of farmer perception of soil erosion: the effectiveness of soil conservation in semi-arid … Mortimore, M., and Gichuki, F., 1994, More People, Less Erosion: Environmental Recovery in Kenya, ACTS Press in …
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Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… production systems. Recent research confirms that genetic erosion did indeed take place at the time of the shift from …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity