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State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… 3 this area currently feed over 38 per cent of the world’s population. Wheat alone accounts for one third of global food … underlying indirect drivers of biodiversity loss, such as population State of Biodiversity in West Asia | 5 growth and inadequate economic subsidies. 9. Moreover, West …
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Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts

… factors – for example, excessive heat or cold, population migration related to temperature change and loss … on the impacts of POP s upon the most vulnerable human population groups, such as in the Arctic. These include the … due to starvation + Cherry et al., 2009 Changing growth rates in organisms +/- Peltonen et al., 2007 Increased …
17 Jul 2026 Document

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… national strategies and programmes of this Ministry. Rapid growth of our vibrant economy needs to ensure that our … is the dominant source of cooking energy for rural population According to FSI (2013), about 216 million tonnes … (162 t/ha). Fuelwood: Fuelwood is the main-stay of rural population of India for cooking, along with other household …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Economic growth and development have not done as much to reduce … subsistence for more than 85 percent of the region’s rural population, or 125,000 people. The biodiversity and high … fisheries and farmland areas used by nearly a third of the population, with a value of almost USD 250 per capita. …
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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

… for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and decent work for all, taking … the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development,6 the Beijing Platform for Action7 … 1, annex I. 6 Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September 1994 …
17 Jul 2026 Literature

Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… – draft 19 October 2015 1. More than 95% of the urban population in Europe is exposed to concentrations of fine … Effective reduction of the PM2.5 exposure of the urban population requires emission reductions of precursor … when we take into account the continued economic growth in the past decades. Without measures sulphur …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Assessing forest landscape restoration opportunities at the national level: A guide to the Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)

… enable the analysis to use the same default values (e.g. population growth rates, labour costs and per hectare productivity) for … criteria can then be considered, such as: • land cover; • population density; • common natural resource-dependent …
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Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual

… other diseases factors which can consequentially influence population status. International regulations and standards … affected � Age � Sex � Number sick/dead � Clinical signs � Population(s) at risk � Population movements � Specific … the latter in a variety of ways - a disease may delay growth so shortening the overall reproductive lifespan; the …
17 Jul 2026 Document

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… they reduce the resource and environmental footprint of growth, but they can also have income and job impacts on … in rural areas by 2040. As a result, the share of India’s population exposed to air with a high concentration of fine … Sustainable development is not possible without a healthy population. Goal 10 – the inequality goal – includes the …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean

… their ecosystems, in order to promote social and economic growth and equality. There is a growing recognition of the … and The Caribbean | 3 use of aquifers as a result of population growth, climate change, social and economic … coastal ecosystems 8. A large percentage of the region’s population and its development activities are concentrated in …
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