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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… the Sahel, a dry region, characterised by scattered oases, semi-permanent pools and temporary rivers, which receives on … river flows north- eastwards into Mali and through semi-arid grasslands bordering the dry Sahel region. Here the … the river flows 450km south into the rainforest zone and forms the Niger Delta on the Atlantic coast of …
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Land and water - the rights interface

… uses of land. In a growing number of countries with arid climates the main constraint to agricultural growth is … for land use in areas within the impoundment's zone of influence.145 Another issue is how to bring … rights are the key to control and utilisation of arid and semi-arid areas.227 Here pastoralists are at a double …
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… of these nations are different. Botswana is predominantly arid; the rural areas are largely inhabited by rural … and Tanzania have more varied terrain, including semi-tropical, savannah and arid regions as well as coastal … guidance on the use and development of each land use zone within a tribal area"), 40 years of implementation has …
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Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines

… and associated cultural heritage of the country in arid, coastal, mountain and bushveld habitats. With the … fringe’, and ‘rural fringe’ are also used to describe the zone immediately surrounding an urban area; where an urban … human activities, but with low physical impact) 6 Semi-natural system (human infrastructure is scarce or …
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Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

… of the habitat to maintain pace with the projected eco-zone (bioclimatic envelope) shift and any barriers to that … routes move occur from north to south or from more arid desert to less arid sub‐desert and Sahel. In Central  …  it is more likely that they rely upon emergent aquatic and semi‐aquatic vegetation (Marshall et. al,  …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna CZMP Coastal Zone Management Plan EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EPL … into a different environment. For example if a land in an arid or semi-arid area is degraded by human activities such as over- …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… water management. The GI approach refers to the natural or semi-natural systems that provide services for water … sand deposits representing a store of sediment in the zone just landward of normal high tides, functioning as a … D.L. and Thibault, J.R. (2005). The flood pulse in a semi-arid riparian forest: metabolic and biogeochemical responses …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… A medium size terrestrial tortoise, restricted to rather arid lowlands, mainly in the Chaco region, in southern South … lowlands of central South America, centred on the Chaco zone; extends from Paraguay south through much of north and … 15-20 tortoises per acre. Although the species ranges into semi-arid intermontane basins in western Argentina, densities …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… subject of considerable effort to establish captive and semi-captive breeding colonies in Peruvian Amazonia. To date, … Colobus guereza J.F. Oates, 197S; Fay, 1985). Also in the Zone de Conservation de Banlngui-Bangoran (Anon., 1987). … m; the factors limiting its extension eastwards into the arid lowlands here were not known, though Crespo (1975) noted …
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Issues in water law reform

… on private land; • groundwater percolating through land. Arid conditions, comparable to South Africa, and the desire … and rules Although Chile is officially classified as a semi-arid country, with an annual average rainfall of 450mm … as determined by law, is, in any case, the offshore zone, the beaches, the territorial sea, the natural resources …
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