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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… able to provide the range of income-generating, labour intensive activities that satisfy the livelihood needs of … villagers formed a group to stop the logging and shrimp farming. Their efforts were successful and the gate was … Intervention: ecosystem restoration and poverty focus Intensive agriculture landscapes Intervention: limited …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… in contaminating lands within the province and establishes intensive requirements for those wishing to sell or … region, place heavy emphasis on the promotion of organic farming and agricultural practices not only to promote … in 2010. 295 As a result, these laws provide for an intensive permitting requirement prior to any entity …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… having returns comparable to some annual crops and dairy farming. Combined consideration of economic and ecological … undisturbed areas and how industrial pollutants and energy-intensive agriculture have put new, and relatively uniform, … and credit, tax and pricing incentives for land-intensive plantations and ranches. For instance, a policy of …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… are semi-natural lands that may be managed primarily for farming, timber, recreation or other human uses, but provide … the boundaries of designated protected areas may have intensive uses (such as agriculture, settlements, … are to become compatible (for example, areas cleared for intensive agriculture), and some completely incompatible (for …
Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.
… Europe which survived the devastating impact of collective farming under communist rule. Architectural styles and local … left derelict from past industrialisation, degraded by intensive agriculture or subjected to a whole range of … nous dit que dans les régions d'exploitation agricole intensive les Cantons doivent veiller à une compensation …
Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… for which no locality data can be obtained even after intensive searching) can be incorporated into KBA … KBAs. Identifying and delineating KBAs is a data intensive process that requires specialist knowledge of … Annual crops – Shifting agriculture – Small-holder farming – Agro-industry farming Perennial non-timber crops – …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… river catchments due to adverse, multiple impacts of water-intensive, exotic species of plants and trees. Left … terms, for example the net benefits of hydropower or farming, or the cost of refurbishing a power plant. The price … criteria may discriminate in favour of large capital- intensive water infrastructure projects as opposed to …
Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges
… been degraded in the past 100 years due to the growth in intensive agriculture practices, driven by food security and … such as this winter flooding of rice paddies, no-till farming and reduced pesticide use are marketed to consumers … wildlife habitat and tourism. New wildlife habitat. Intensive monitoring of birds, water voles and fish all show …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… as well as livelihood opportunities (such as fisheries and farming) that reduce social vulnerabilities (Sudmeier- Rieux … in aquaculture and other economic activities (honey bee farming) equivalent to US$ 344,000-6.7 million. Furthermore, … to climate extremes (Khoury et al., 2014; FAO, 2015). Farming is not only directly linked to food production and …