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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China

… 1 1.2 The Integrated Ecosystem Management Concept … of the world’s worst land degradation (LD) problems. The arid, semi-arid, and sub-humid (dryland) zones of Western PRC cover …
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Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field

Ecosystem Management Series No. 9 Ecosystem-based adaptation … Reduction in species richness due to land degradation in semi-arid areas. Negative impacts of massive ecosystem degradation …
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Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)

… (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Global Ecosystem Management Programme Commission on Ecosystem … 2015) The Yellow Sea is a shallow (mean depth c. 45 m), semi-enclosed sea with surrounding geography varying from … on Coolibah – Black Box Woodland, an ecosystem on a semi-arid floodplain in eastern Australia (Keith et al., 2009). In …
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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

Ecosystem Management Series No. 8 Environmental Guidance Note … such as floods, provide resilience against drought in arid and semi-arid areas, and contribute to wider strategies aimed at …
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Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management: Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related infrastructure projects

… GREEN Ecosystem-based management approaches for water-related … water management. The GI approach refers to the natural or semi-natural systems that provide services for water … D.L. and Thibault, J.R. (2005). The flood pulse in a semi-arid riparian forest: metabolic and biogeochemical responses …
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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts

… sustainable land management and resilience of arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas ”. The “Scientific … 30 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LAND-WATER-ECOSYSTEM QUALITY IN POLAR AND MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS: …
23 Jan 2025 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management

… and financial support from the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. Reviewers: Peter Laban, Lead Dryland … studies selected were: 1. Pastoral livestock management in semi-arid and arid Northern Kenya 2. Building drought resilience …
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Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… defines desertification as, “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from … (PET) is less than 1.0. The P/PET for arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid drylands falls within the range …
23 Jan 2025 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

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 … of water for all uses for dispersed rural communities in semi-arid regions ■■ The accelerated global development over … in mind. Figure 2.5 The IWRM Implementation Triangle Ecosystem Sustainability Social Equity Ma na ge me nt In str …
23 Jan 2025 Literature

Community - based incentives for nature conservation

… Type and distribution of natural resources: - What is the ecosystem? - What are the component species? - Where … areas of Kibwezi, Kenya Kibwezi Division lies in the arid and semi-arid agro-ecological zone of south-eastern Kenya. …
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