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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… Social Sciences Supervised by: Caterina Batello Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) This … fruits, forests, trees, heathlands and even roadsides and urban margins. This requires adequate access rights and often … products to rapidly growing and increasingly affluent urban populations. Development efforts in Africa in the 1970s …
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E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… public health and meeting economic and social needs (agriculture, industry, recreation etc.), as well protecting … and abstraction, point- source pollution (mainly from urban sources such as municipal sewage treatment plants, … of nitrates and phosphorus in soils. Stormwater runoff in urban areas and airborne pollution transmitted by …
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Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.

… versus Faqir and another, PLD 1962 Peshawar 51 426 6.1.1 Urban Development 433 6.1.1.1 NWFP Urban Development Board (Dissolution) Ordinance 2002 433 … and Prevention of Speculation in Land) Act 1950 505 6.1.2 Agriculture 510 6.1.2.1 NWFP Agriculture Development …
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Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide

… approximately the same land area as is at present under agriculture, as the remainder is too dry, too wet, too cold, … large-scale commercial forestry, road construction and urban development cause soil erosion and loss of nutri- ents. … including deforestation, agricultural intensification and urban expansion, which cause soil degradation. ■ Accelerated …
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RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions

… Some types of human activity (e.g., drainage, pollution or urban encroachment) almost always generate processes damaging … 3: Laws and institutions 15 activity (e.g., fishing, agriculture or ecotourism) may be consistent with wise use … to confer protective status on wetlands and to limit urban, industrial and recreational development which might …
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Nature-based solutions to address climate change

… as natural barriers against winds and coastal erosion. In urban areas and cities, green areas play an important role: … surfaces. Furthermore, restoring nature in the urban areas improves biodiversity, landscapes and the living … is thus investing in the development of multifunctional urban spaces through open water management, both to control …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… 23 Admiralty Law Canada 8 Aggrieved Person Bangladesh 1 Agriculture Uganda 3 Air Horns India 28 Air Pollution … India 17, 22, 29 United Nations Charter International 1 Urban Waste Treatment ECJ 10 Use of Waste ECJ 11 Vital and … domestic animal breeding for commercial purposes within urban localities. The defendant appealed the decision and the …
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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

… the sector most likely to be affected by climate change is agriculture, since that sector utilizes a high proportion of … other ecosystems; or allocating more water to higher-value urban and industrial purposes. • Change location: people and … higher intensity rainfall; • Constructing or improving urban storm water evacuation infrastructure. Strategic …
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UNEP. The first 40 years

… the Conference, the President of the Conference, Sweden’s Agriculture Minister, Ingemund Bengtsson, had to appeal to … of initiatives designed to address the problems of urban transportation, not to speak of global warming! The … that are specifically directed at environmental goals — urban water supply and sewerage treatment, for example, as …
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IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2014: A conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites

… levels. Find the map on page 62 OUTLOOK: CRITICAL 2� 2� AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE 43 Forestry and wood production … areas Tourism and recreation areas 28 Housing and urban areas 20 TRANSPORTATION & SERVICE CORRIDORS 29 Utility … HERITAGE SITES Tourism and recreation areas 11 Housing & urban areas 6 Commercial and industrial areas 4 Fires 5 Dams …
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