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… person or group of people, in possession or control of land, water, or other resources, has the duty to maintain the … Legal obligations to restore ecological conditions of land, water, or other resources are binding on all owners, … informed consent to any activities on or affecting their land or resources being a key objective. Principle 12 …

… beginning of the century. Trees are felled for timber, and land cleared for agriculture (Asibey, 1978). Access roads … and those below 2700 m in, or near, potential agricultural land are the most threatened. The forest on the Mau … pressure. Trees are felled for their timber, and the land cleared for agriculture and cocoa (Asibey, 1978). Roads …

… that the distribution covered 29-30X of the continental land area of the country. Bolivia Although no published … and conversion of forest and scrub to agricultural land (Salas, 1985; Gruss and Waller, 1986); local utilisation … (Honegger, 1979). REFERENCES Auffenberg, W. (1969). Land of the Chaco Tortoise Geochelone chllensls. …

… local and regional climate patterns. When water returns to land through precipitation, it may either remain on the … percolate downward to become groundwater. The area on the land surface where infiltration occurs is called the recharge … on their health and environment. Substances deposited on land surfaces (for example, fertilizers, pesticides and other …

… and ecological service values from the contaminated land; (2) additional costs to ‘innocent’ land users, by loss of production, contamination of produce, control costs, or reduction of land value; (3) additional costs to both government and non- …

… and Balanites trees; in the west, heavily cultivated land dotted with baobabs. Usually seen in small flocks, but … central-western Mexico to Pacific lowlands of Guatemala (Land, 1970). Guatemala Confined to the western Pacific lowland and subtropics (Land, 1970). Mexico Recorded in Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, …

… used by culturally diverse peoples, and therefore land and water resources are used for production in different … (see Table 1). However, in some areas, pressure on the land is so great that wild food supplies have been exhausted. … agricultural areas in forests, savannah and other bush land areas. Wild-foods are incorporated into the normal …

… often reflect specific techniques of sustainable land use, considering the characteristics and limits of the … can contribute to modern techniques of sustainable land use and can maintain or enhance natural values in the … landscape. The continued existence of traditional forms of land use supports biological diversity in many regions of the …

… forest ecosystems, agricultural ecosystems, dry land ecosystems, mountain ecosystems and even urban … hunting is allowed year round. 9 The insidious threats of land degradation, including desertification, deforestation … inter alia fishing, industrial and tourist activities and land-based and marine pollution. From this, remedial actions …

… global coverage of protected areas approaches 20% of the land surface and 10% of the sea surface, more and more … community members, NGO personnel, volunteers and private land owners. ● Helping to secure official recognition for … based-qualifications/environmental-and-land-based/work-based- environmental-conservation-l2.html 10 …