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Legal and institutional aspects of urban and peri-urban foresty and greening
… Therefore, broadly speaking, the urban forest is an ecosystem that not only includes vegetation1 but also soil, … (UNCCD) acknowledges the impact of desertification on arid and semi-arid and dry sub- humid zones. Article 1 defines "land …
The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)
… to support improved land productivity, particularly in the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. This is crucial as the … the same time reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. Ecosystem-based climate change adaptation at a landscape …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… Research Institute LTA Long-Term Average MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment OCHA United Nations Office for the … unsafe levels (Government of Marshall Islands, 2017). In arid and semi-arid areas, prolonged or frequent episodes of drought …
Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… or body fluid. Desertification Degradation of land in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, resulting from various … Community 33 Ecological character Combination of the ecosystem components, processes and services that …
Assessing the international forest regime
… by desertification and drought to develop a sustainable ecosystem approach to managing their forests, and other … at the national and regional levels, particularly in the arid zones of Africa. The Convention relates to forests … Convention No. 107 on Indigenous and Other Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations was adopted in 1957; it has been …
Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century
… of rescuing the community from terminal decline caused by ecosystem collapse (Case 3). Case 3 – Timber Industry … From the 1950s to the 1980s, woodlands were cleared in semi-arid Shinyanga Region, north-west Tanzania to eradicate …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… a first fruit of cooperation with the IUCN Commission for Ecosystem Management, notably the Drylands Group, represented … in Jordan The rangelands in Jordan are found in the arid (< 200 mm/yr) and semi-arid (200 – 500 mm/yr) Agro-ecological Zones of Jordan: …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… REFERENCES 9. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF WATER FOR HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM NEEDS I. WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT II. IMPROVING … in the root area or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and … groundwater discharge. However, many lakes, especially in arid regions, become saline because the high rate of …