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Aquaculture - site selection and site management

… basis of learning, anticipation and flexibility. Reactive adaptation to change can endanger the sustainability of … sector should be encouraged in order to facilitate adaptation to achieve the sustainable development of … with a given situation. This can speed up learning and adaptation in aquaculture processes. • Effective and rapid …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… biodiversity, and to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Land degradation exacerbates the impacts of … biodiversity and species and contributes to climate change adaptation and mitigation. LDN should hence be complementary … environmental and development challenges. Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EBA), for example, involves a wide range of …
17 Jun 2026 Literature

Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… Appropriate Mitigation Action NAPA: .... National Adaptation Programme of Action NGO: ..... Non-Governmental … to adapt to climatic risks may not be sufficient and new adaptation mechanisms will become increasingly important. 44 … to adapt to climatic risks may not be sufficient and new adaptation mechanisms will become increasingly important. For …
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Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific

… concerning disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. In Chapter 2, Economics of Disaster Risk … of values to determine costs and identify appropriate adaptation measures. In Chapter 5, Impact of Climate Change … I ECONOMICS OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION Picture reproduced with the kind permission of …
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Blue Carbon Policy Framework: Based on the discussion of the International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group

… emissions as well as impacts, i.e. support mitigation and adaptation to climate change. IIn addition to their role and … provide significant other benefits for climate change adaptation, local livelihoods, tourism and culture such as … Platform will address a variety of topics on mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology development and transfer, …
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Nature-based solutions to address climate change

… of the climate system, it is also necessary to engage in adaptation measures to anticipate and better prepare for the … good conservation status contribute both to mitigation and adaptation to climate change: Mitigation Terrestrial and … are the source of nearly 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. Adaptation Adequately preserved ecosystems have a buffer …
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Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… 10 Importance of Crop Diversity for Adaptation to Climate Change … on the crucial role of crop diversity for climate change adaptation in agriculture. It further shows how the International Treaty facilitates adaptation through its four main components: • Conservation …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… and key vulnerabilities. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral … risk from climate change In: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group … but also about “managing the unavoidable” (i.e. adaptation) (Bierbaum et al., 2007). This chapter does not …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… The rehabilitation of coconut groves can contribute to adaptation strategies by stabilising erosion and providing … to climate-induced impacts and are the least able to adopt adaptation measures. Energy scarcity and increased threats … ecosystems may be able to provide opportunities for both adaptation and mitigation activities. For example, the use of …
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ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture

… not implied in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use … or using GRFAproviding or using GRFA In the development, adaptation or review of ABS measures, governments may wish to … Protocol, Parties shall consider, in the development, adaptation and implementation of their ABS measures, the …
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