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The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments
… au/agriculture/about-agriculture/strategy-and-policy/future-farming; … future-farming/strategy-complete-publication 62 … au/agriculture/about-agriculture/strategy-and-policy/future-farming … environment, fisheries, food, forestry, land and soil, livestock, mineral resources, sea, waste and hazardous …
Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean
… of freshwater supplies. In agriculture, sustainable farming systems are replacing artificial fertilisers and … other types of seafood, the hunting of wild game, and the farming of fruit and vegetables, meat and fish. Fish and … diversity, and loss of traditional varieties of crops and livestock. One of the largest impacts of all types of …
The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa
… and pollution, plus deforestation associated with farming and human population increases. Some parts of its … of its stream habitat from deforestation associated with farming and human population increases. No conservation … are of high value, providing food for humans and their livestock as well as the supply of many ecosystem services …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… communities, forest dwellers, and subsistence hunting and farming communities have long engaged in sustainable … land and improvements; uncleared land and improvements; livestock damages; and damages to property and businesses. … farmers have used selective breeding to alter their livestock and crops for qualities sought by the farmers or …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… of mixing agricultural or horticultural crops and/or livestock with woody perennials. Integrating trees on farms … Group and Tree Planting project uses the FAO “Conservation Farming Handbook” in developing local best practices and conserva- tion farming methods. The socio-economic impacts of the …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… The problems mentioned by communities include the loss of livestock to lions that stray from the park or cattle that … uses and public participation. Integrated studies on human-livestock-wildlife interactions are needed. • The empirical …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… context, such drivers can include logging, agriculture, livestock, mining or biofuels interests. As such, this group … a ban on clearing forest. Changes in the profitability of livestock production had also reduced pressure to convert … before 2005 by donating plots of 100 hectares to people farming them, and selling plots of 100– 1,500 hectares at a …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… instance, reducing uncharacteristic grazing intensity from livestock in a protected landscape) can be enough to allow an … Riyadh and the Wadi, in which residential development, farming, recreation, cultural activities and tourism exist in … the landscape for wildlife (and possibly for well-managed livestock); b. conserved topsoils resulting in less silt …