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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… Strengthen natural resource governance and tenure security ........................................8 Contribute … such as climate change, sustainable development and food security. IUCN works in partnership with the United … land for their livelihoods. As a consequence it undermines food, water and livelihood security, human health, and energy …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… is poverty? 5 Box 3. The value of wild resources 6 Box 4. Food security and diversity from Laotian forests 7 Box 5. Effects … There have been improvements in some areas, such as global food security, but these improvements do not amount to …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… availability and quality impact human health, livelihoods, food security and national economic development. Many aquatic … regions is threatened, creating long-term risks for global food security. Over-exploitation of groundwater and …
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The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine

… found anywhere along the gradient of medicine to tonic to food. Auspicious or luxury foods can often have medicinal … and shark fin, but are consumed predominantly as food items (Clarke, 2002) and as such, will not be covered … FAO, 1997) and there is also a growing scrutiny of the non-food use of the marine environment, such as the collection …
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The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… on household data from nine countries George Rapsomanikis Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, … expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) … to markets, contribution to rural income, well-being, food security and poverty, and, to some extent, the effects of …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… as with respect to toxic waste, indigenous peoples rights, food, water and climate change. Further, in March 2012, … and social rights such as rights to health, water, food, and culture. On occasion, human rights mechanisms have … must deal with licensing, setting up, operation, security and supervision of the activity, as well as with …
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Principles of phytosanitary legislation

… expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … should be addressed to the Director, Information Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, … on the volumes of food production, and hence on food security. This paper sets out to make a contribution to …
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Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention e-course

… the threats of pest to the environment, livelihoods and food security 2. Recall the origins, vision, mission and benefits … 1. The threat of pests to the environment, livelihoods and food security Sudden introduction of exotic pests into places …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Government of Canada for the … Diversity CGRFA Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture CH Clearing-House CHM Clearing-House … for food and agriculture and their special role for food security. The implementation of these access provisions is …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

What is Agrodiversity

… is a vital sub-set of biodiversity. Many people’s food and livelihood security depend on the sustained management of various biological resources that are important for food and agriculture. Agricultural biodiversity, also known …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity