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… river ba- sin from natural vegetation to arable farming and cattle grazing. Removal of the natural vegetation … of the withdrawal will be negligible – only a very small percentage of the overall flow – but will bring huge … banks. While both states B and C experience these large scale natural disasters, state B is being hit the hardest, …

… isolated or threatened species can be particularly severe. Small populations lose heterozygosity and are thus inherently … and global movement of domestic animals for trade and farming can help to spread disease and also introduce novel … in livestock, particularly for sheep and cattle. Large scale stock losses can occur if they are not removed from the …

… domestic legislation it is important to determine the scale at which environmental flows are to be established. … ecosystem. Many ecologists believe, however, that some small portion of flow could be removed without measurable … terms, for example the net benefits of hydropower or farming, or the cost of refurbishing a power plant. The price …

… park: Large natural or near-natural areas protecting large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and … Lintulahdet Life Project in Finland, for example, created small bog habitat for rare dragonfly and re-created open … Riyadh and the Wadi, in which residential development, farming, recreation, cultural activities and tourism exist in …

… and the private sector, including farmers and other small- scale producers and the commercial agro-food supply chain.7 … Article 6 of the 2003 Aquaculture Law states that the farming of new aquatic animal species requires a permit from …

… are derived from the significant (but still relatively small) case study mate- rial built up over the last ten … their larger size they are still dwarfed by the imposing scale of nature surrounding them. 3 Background to Sacred … and Hitozato, the cleared and inten- sively settled farming areas. Within the latter are found numerous small …

… Council of Environmental Law (ICEL) convened a small meeting of experts from 10 to 11 March 2003 in Bonn, at … systems by taking effective measures to prevent large-scale conversion and soil degradation and loss, to combat … should improve soil conservation and introduce sustainable farming and forestry practices, which ensure long-term …

… has already recognized as wilderness at a protected area scale, providing a crucial guide for what might qualify for … inscribed for their primary or primeval forests are quite small (less than 50,000 hectares), such as Laurisilva of … landscape and shaped the ecology, especially through fire-farming. They have done so for somewhere over 50,000 years. …

… the risks they represent to people and, espe- cially, small children. Here is an example from Mali, at the border … become unsus tain able and many Karrayu fami lies take up farming in unsuit able land or at the margin of the irri … which should be the priority fishing grounds of small scale artisan fish ermen.31 Among inter na tional conven …

… In 1864, with the Yosemite Grant, the US Congress gave a small but significant part of the present Yosemite National … (e.g. in those protected areas where land is used for farming, timber harvesting or mining for example). Wildlife … etc.). Built facilities n Height and mass should be in scale with existing vegetation and topography. n Design …