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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… project developers, irrigation districts or the hydro-energy sector, all of which could be dedicated to PES … be owned by individuals or by communities of peas- ants: Solar campesino (peasant home);• Small property;• Medium-size … Agricultural company; and • Communitarian lands. • The solar campesino and the small property are indivisible, …
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Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories

… the destructive effects of winds, moderating the impact of solar insolation, counteracting the effects of various kinds … to serve the needs of the local community for food, energy, and materials; forests/woodlands managed as reserves …
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Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN categories 1b protected areas

… challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … a wilderness using a personal laptop computer powered by a solar panel and Internet connection obtained through a mobile … music on a device powered by small, lightweight solar panels that take up little space in a backpack. Global …
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Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases

… GDP. Environmental impacts in the agriculture, forestry, energy and mining sectors amounted to an average of 2.1% of … Louisiana that employed both willingness to pay and energy analysis based methodologies and were able to bracket … Terrestrial biological diversity is supported by solar energy captured by plants growing in soil. This …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… and integrated framework for decision making on water and energy development that incorporates the full range of … including fuel-switching projects, the installation of solar panels in villages that have no access to electric … approaches rather than projects leading to increased energy efficiency or the use of renewable energy have …
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The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… Number and price of pumps, aerators, electric generators, solar panels, piping, water tanks, sluices for each … the effects of tsunamis and storm waves. By absorbing wave energy and stabilizing sand dunes and other elevated wave … wood can be utilized to reconstruct infrastructure and energy needs for societies. While forests can provide a …
30 May 2026 Literature

Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas

… nearby university faculty and students bring together the energy of youth, guidance of their academic leaders and help … download directly into computer data bases. Some parks use solar cells attached to batteries to power remote sensors, as …
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The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality

… in order to bring Europe closer together. Increasing energy consumption threatens the last natural river … this project is going to be set in use by spring 2006: a solar boat for a maximum of 25 passengers will serve as an … management, economic use of nature resources, new bio- energy technologies and infrastructure development (roads, …
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Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… Shilloh K.D. Osae, Head, Dept. of Chemistry, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Ghana Mohammed Tigani, previous consultant … are generated in the remediation process, and that energy consumption and water usage are minimum. Most … that are fostering acceptance on a broad scale. • As a solar-driven system, phytoremediation takes advantage of …
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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change

… Gust (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France), Marine Arabidze (National Environmental … fuels, carefully controlled incineration for energy production); 4 A Precautionary Approach is justified – … REDUCE LOSS: • Mandatory lights on gill nets, with strong solar-powered batteries • Technology that makes the net sink …
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