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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 … life support systems, and provide vital services, such as water supply and soil protection, for local and more distant …
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Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… into direct impacts on human wellbeing. Poverty, hunger, water scarcity, lack of sanitation and violent conflict can … • the quality of natural resources such as the atmosphere, water, soil, climate; • how all types of natural resources … into formulating and adopting management plans, there is a shortage of basic information (and what information is …
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Guidelines for Applying Protected Area Management Categories. Best Practice Guidance on Recognising Protected Areas and Assigning Management Categories and Governance Types

… 55 Inland water protected areas … 61 11. Compatibility of various inland water protection strategies with IUCN categories … term that can embrace a very wide range of land and water management types that incidentally have some value for … were produced in English only, a limitation created by shortage of funds, although the final guidelines are being …
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Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation

… of common property resources such as grazing, forests and water. They are thus both 'communal' and 'individual' in … in Africa 27 pool resources such as forests, pastures and water sources. Tanner (2005 at 13) explains that: "Each … boards justified the practice by saying that there was a shortage of land so that each couple should be allocated only …
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Interactions between aquaculture and the environment

… place in the same environment. Neither does it cover fresh water aquaculture, although some examples are taken from this … forestry and fisheries sectors) conserves land, water, plant and animal genetic resources, is environmentally … profiles could be the ultimate solution to the fish oil shortage. Nevertheless, their application in Europe will …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… and communities. Sacred natural site. Areas of land or water having special spiritual significance to peoples and … Links between faiths and the conservation of land and water were found in every belief system examined by Dudley et … rural environment caused by over-grazing, hunting, water shortage, pollution, logging and waste disposal. Before …
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Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… asses- sments of the crops’ quality in terms of yield, water use and resistance to atmospheric condi- tions, disease … resources including, inter alia, healthy soils and clean water. Micro-organisms can improve soil nutrients for plant … Services like pollination and the provision of clean water are also known as ‘ecosystem services’. Article 6.2a) …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… their services (such as purification of air and water, disease and climate regulation) and goods (such as … basic matters necessary for a good life: first, food, water, and shelter; beyond that, health, security within … of ecosystems and their services In 1997, a water shortage in the Yellow River caused substantial economic …
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Vital Waste Graphics 3

… recycled paper. Inks are vegetable-based and coatings are water-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce our … processes can also be reduced, as can air, soil and water pollution linked to leaching or other gas emissions. … product will completely break down into carbon dioxide, water and sometimes humus, under specific conditions. On the …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Judicial handbook on environmental law

… Over one billion people currently lack safe drinking water and sanitation, making water- borne diseases one of the leading causes of death, … Two-thirds of the world’s population now lives in areas of water shortages where, increasingly, desertification …
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