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Global Land Outlook

… of challenges we collectively face: from the pressures of population growth, climate change, urbanization, migration, and conflict … at any other time in human history. A rapidly increasing population, coupled with rising levels of consumption, is …
17 Jul 2026 Literature

Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 - More case studies from around the globe

… demand be er living standards, our species’ unsustainable growth in natural resources use accompanies this amazing … Island. Goal 3: Establish a genetically-diverse captive population of American burying beetles to provide the numbers … Park Zoo 2 Goal 5: Annual monitoring of re-introduced population to determine size and distribution. Success …
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Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… risk, ecological scarcity or social disparity—will require growth strategies in which production and consumption does … settlements is challenged by a low, often highly mobile population which requires service delivery at multiple sites … are not provided or are provided inappropriately. the population. At the same time, low performance in school …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… hemisphere. A similar expansion and contraction in plant growth occurs in the ocean, in this case measured from … Global and regional significance About 70% of the world population lives within 60 km of the coast. Humanity uses on … et al., 2006; Hinder et al., 2012). In the North Sea the population of the previously dominant and ecologically …
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The economic lives of smallholder farmers - An analysis based on household data from nine countries

… produce food for a substantial proportion of the world’s population. Besides farming they have multiple economic … Productivity increases in small farms contribute towards growth not only by reducing the price of staple food, but … main objective is to assess the living conditions of the population, and to illustrate household behaviour. We use …
17 Jul 2026 Literature

From the MDGs to Sustainable Development for All - Lessons from 15 years of practice

… can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the … grOwth Of mEAN INCOmE fOr BOttOm fOrtY PErCENt vS. tOtAl POPUlAtION 20 fIgUrE 1.10: rAtIO Of wOmEN tO mEN IN lOwESt … 43 fIgUrE 2.3: DISAggrEgAtION Of DAtA fOr rOmA POPUlAtION IN BOSNIA-hErzEgOvINA 49 fIgUrE 2.4: mDg COUNtrY …
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Interactions between aquaculture and the environment

… tripled between 1961 and 2001 as a result of the human population increase and the rise of consumption per person … rapidly expanded over the last two decades, with an annual growth rate rising from 4% in 1980 to 13% in 2000, and with a … due to the fact that normally in captivity, only a small population of parents is maintained. Moreover, in the case of …
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Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies

… should be based on the recognition of the value of local population’s know-how; he advocated their integration into … creation and accumulation of wealth (questioning economic growth and industrial development), it was the return of the … determined thought patterns and behaviours (...).” Population also constitutes a key variable in human-nature …
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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… SUSTAINABLE DRY FOREST MANAGEMENT - UNDERSTANDING GROWTH PATTERNS OF HEAVILY USED TREE SPECIES PLUGGE, DANIEL ; … ELBEGJARGAL ; DOLJIN, DASH . 286 DISTRIBUTION OF MEXICAN POPULATION AND LAND DEGRADATION AND DESERTIFICATION LECHUGA … from NGO’s, governments, experts in the field of land and population affected by the floods. Every focus group was made …
17 Jul 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security

… as conflict minerals, including gold and diamonds. The growth rate of these crimes is astonishing. The report that … possibly more than a quarter of the world’s elephant population has been lost in a decade. However, envi- … with the dramatic 62% decline in the forest elephant population 2002–2011, and a 30% loss of geographical range62 …
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