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Integrating mining and biodiversity conservation: Case studies from around the world
… 35 Community and Business Forum, Krygyzstan 36 Arid Recovery, Australia 38 Tuktusiuqvialuk National Park, … the world’s top 25 biodiversity hotspots. It is the only arid hotspot environment, and over 10 per cent of the plant … have already been set aside), and another 250 hectare zone will be added outside the actual mining area. These …
Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual
… governance mechanisms are prioritized in the more arid parts of the continent, where the local population is … by river basin organiza- tions complex. Furthermore, in arid regions, due to the lack of surface water, it is more … discharge (springs, surface water, wetlands, coastal zone) Water for people groundwater supply (drinking water & …
Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… selected were: 1. Pastoral livestock management in semi-arid and arid Northern Kenya 2. Building drought resilience in Garissa … low water-stress tropical region that extends as a zone with climatic characteristics of a dry tropical forest, …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… in species richness due to land degradation in semi-arid areas. Negative impacts of massive ecosystem degradation … and elaborate appropriate and integrated plans for coastal zone management, water resources and agriculture, and for the … potential and low production risk, especially in semi-arid regions. Isolated wetlands in the Sahel are thus natural …
Global Land Outlook
… nature belongs to God.31 Rivers and lakes need a buffer zone, and tree planting and kindness to animals are … varnish,” part mineral, part microbial coating typical of arid areas. For the Pitjantjatjara and Anangu cultures, they … stated “that those countries which are now treeless and arid deserts, part of Egypt, Syria, Persia, and so forth, …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… of the world’s worst land degradation (LD) problems. The arid, semi-arid, and sub-humid (dryland) zones of Western PRC cover … a nature reserve for the primitive forests and riparian zone. Instead, the new programme considered the protection of …