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… the scheme • Areas zoned for ‘open space’ or very non-intensive forms of agricultural production • Land held by … strictly protected categories, to maintain traditional farming practices. This action has been documented in … the Avalon Marshes, UK In countries with millennia of intensive cultural land use and increasingly high population …

… and river sedimentation is reduced in cultivated areas by farming systems using zero-tillage or agroforestry compared … farmers to build modern facilities and switch to organic farming was in fact more cost effective than building … income, limited annually to 25% of gross income from farming. Environmental taxes can be used negatively to …

… reducing emissions by increasing subsidies to low carbon-intensive or carbon-free fuels or increasing taxation of carbon-intensive fuels appears to be larger. However, subsidies may … proportion of consumption reported as being in the farming sector is in reality for commercial, industrial or …

… efforts to reduce risks from hazardous pesticides to farming families and communities. 27 The Severely hazardouS … price to insecticides. Careful field sanitation is labour intensive; however, farmers report that the extra costs are … To reduce reliance on PeSTicideS IPM is more knowledge-intensive than practices which rely mainly on pesticides. …

… and counter pressures for the conversion of land to intensive agriculture.” It may be counterintuitive, but local … incentives for compliance, rather than relying heavily on intensive enforcement, is more likely to succeed. • High … systems like ranching, captive rearing and wildlife farming. The latter involve the manipulation of habitat to …

… on fragile areas, forests and endangered species * Make farming systems more stable, robust, and sustainable * … industrial and Green Revolution agriculture. This includes intensive livestock production, industrial fisheries and … when commercial varieties are introduced into traditional farming systems. While FAO (1996) states that some indicators …

… where among the latter are excessive disturbance, intensive land use, overgrazing, indiscriminate removal of … of country autonomous organizations and NGOs, the role of farming organs (farmers’ associations, economic-aid units) … State Council 2006 Notice on Promoting Economical and Intensive Land Use State Council 2008 u EPLP 80 Chap 4.indd …

… Their wetlands were often in a near-pristine state and intensive management was not appropriate. A sustainable yield … (reclamation, recreation) or low resource countries (intensive productivity) must be recognized, and activities … as ducks, flamingos and herons. The third dealt with farming for waterfowl and the prevention of crop damage. The …

… vulnerability. Activities included aquaculture (fish-farming), honey production and agro-ecology (community … Change 1.5 The Water Governance Connection Patterns of intensive and conflicting uses of water in transboundary … basin-wide planning for adaptation. The EFA was resource-intensive and technically challenging. It was important to …

… 643. de Graaf, G.J. and Xuan, T.T. 1998. Extensive shrimp farming, mangrove clearance and marine fisheries in the … Zakai, D. and Chadwick-Furman, N.E. 2002. Impacts of intensive recreational diving on reef corals at Eilat, …