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Energy law and sustainable development
… they should be, such as the simultaneous 100 year drought in the eastern United States and the August flooding … experience increased summer continental drying and risk of drought; • likely that some areas will experience: • … of the foods that disease-carrying rodents prefer; but the drought, accompanied by federally-funded predator-control …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… mean sea level, atmospheric temperature and moisture, drought, flooding and erosion, increases in extreme events, … Ice ~4% Ocean ~93% a b Snow cover, glaciers Flooding Drought Ocean mass Sea ice Land ice Ocean heat content Global … Africa, South-east Asia, Australia and Canada. Heat, drought and floods exacerbate disease prevalence, …
A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species
… Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Combating Desertification and drought 12.18(b) Accelerate afforestation and reforestation using drought- resistant, fast- growing species, in particular … with due regard to environmental security considerations, drought resistant fast growing and productive plant 107 …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought.” 3.3.1 National law In most systems, public … To combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in the affected countries, the Convention advocates … or even mandated drainage operations, as well as drought and landfill, have considerably reduced the extent of …
Forest fires and the law: a guide for national drafters based on the fire management voluntary guidelines
… forest management as part of national efforts to prevent drought and desertification. To this end, the Convention also … Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… is to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, … so on. Festuca grass is also bartered in times of severe drought in exchange for grain. The shrubby vegetation of the …