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The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries
… flush toilet or vip latrine Household has internal running water % Kenya Tanzania Nepal Nicaragua 13 5.1 53 4.1 70 27 12 … Figure 1.5 Smallholder households with internal running water and sanitary facilities Figure 1.6 Smallholder … (about 5 percent), telephone (0.1 percent), running water in the house (12 percent) and only 1.5 percent have …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… audacity to publish in Nature his findings of transgenic pollution, thereby risking corporate grants at UC-Berkeley … A facility must usually get a permit to discharge “process water” into a river, or even onto land (where it will seep … will contain certain conditions regarding the treatment of water before dis- charge. Thereafter, the holder of a permit …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… ISBN: 978-1-84369-827-2 Cover photo: Competition for water between local communities and elephants near the … Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, in cooperation with the European … impact upon biodiversity. Changes in land use and climate, pollution, habitat degradation and fragmentation are among …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources and the Poverty Reduction and Environment … Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources and the Poverty Reduction and Environment … 46 Ibid 47 Ibid at 40 drastic changes in land use and pollution.48 These impacts could be reduced by prior …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… wider landscape 27 Forests managed to maintain soil and water resources 27 Forests managed for community purposes 28 … types of conserved forest 47 Forests protected to maintain water resources: forests around Stockholm, Sweden 47 … insolation, counteracting the effects of various kinds of pollution, including noise, and absorbing carbon dioxide. …
Aquaculture: responsible practices and certification
… These include constraints of space and good- quality water, and measures to protect public health and the … effects of their operations (adverse changes to air, water or soil) and comply with applicable laws and … is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… agricultural practices, improve supplies of potable water, more efficient industrial de- velopment processes for … dustrial practice, including diminution of environmental pollution; and � significant environmental benefits, includ- … but also other parts of the environment such as air, water and soils. The reference to “conservation and …
An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… agricultural practices, improve supplies of potable water, more efficient industrial de- velopment processes for … dustrial practice, including diminution of environmental pollution; and � significant environmental benefits, includ- … but also other parts of the environment such as air, water and soils. The reference to “conservation and …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… certain soil conditions such as heavy clay soil with high water holding capacity and fertility, and despite the … specific needs when it comes to the use of fertilizers and water, and the ideal production conditions must therefore be … varieties do not respond to excess application of water and fertilizers as most modern varieties do. In …