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… Development Bank AFOLU Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use AMCOW African Ministers’ Council on Water CBD … 6 Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic LULUCF Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry MDBA Murray-Darling … change, because forests can act as carbon sinks; their restoration and preservation is one of the feasible ways to …

… initiatives 3 2.1 TBCAs do not equal “no man’s land” 7 2.2 Why “peripheral border posts” were not acceptable … of Transboundary Conservation Areas 1 “An area of land and/or sea especially dedicated to the protection and … TBPAs and the re-establishment of peaceful conditions and restoration of damaged ecosystems after armed conflict. 22.. …

… New Zealand to oppose (successfully) re- scheduling of land to allow mining on the Corromandel Peninsula, the main … for species management in Australia, NGOs active in land management and restoration as well as academic institutions. • We have not …

… reduce emissions and releases of mercury to air, water and land and the impact of such emissions and releases on the … mercury compounds, often expressed as “total mercury”, to land and water from the relevant point sources not addressed … health promotion, thereby minimizing the need for dental restoration; (ii) Setting national objectives aiming at …

… preservation, maintenance, sustainable utilization, restoration, and enhancement of the natural environment.4 An … as resulting not only from drought but from land degradation linked to loss of natural vegetation … riches. According to the views of many indigenous peoples, land should not be torn open and exploited, which they …

… sources. These include: regulation of agricultural land use and practices regulation of the siting and operation of landfills and waste dumps regulation of urban land development, as regards the control of stormwater runoff … or surface waters. Also regulated are changes in land cultivation, and the application and storage of …

… (for ex- ample, Weitz and Nilsson, 2014, for climate, land, energy and water). As far as we are aware, a similar … reduce ma- rine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient … ening their resilience, and to take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and produc- tive …

… relevance to this region, spanning 13,000 km of the land behind the former Iron Curtain, from the Barents Sea in … Areas Sandwith et al. (2001) define a TBPA as “an area of land and/or sea that straddles one or more borders between … administrative process. On the Hungarian side, ecosystem restoration figured prominently among the management tasks …

… only 20% specifically recognize customary law that governs land and natural resources. Some countries that do not … as instruments for achieving it. Particularly in land and water allocation, and the settling of disputes … development, innovation, scientific training, restoration and development of ancestral wisdom, and the …

… has accumulated over time. They cover 3% of the earth’s land surface. Key fact: peatlands store more than twice as …