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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 … discharge (springs, surface water, wetlands, coastal zone) Water for people groundwater supply (drinking water & …
Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… studies selected were: 1. Pastoral livestock management in semi-arid and arid Northern Kenya 2. Building drought resilience … low water-stress tropical region that extends as a zone with climatic characteristics of a dry tropical forest, …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… to the extent that many rangelands could be considered as semi-natural environments. In general rangelands are … Index are far lower and poverty levels far higher in the Arid and Semi- Arid Lands dominated by pastoralists11. The … important. For example, in Ethiopia’s pastoral Borana zone, the local institutions that support social safety …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… Reduction 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 …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… population and it is often the only source of water in arid and semi-arid countries. Improvements in pumping technology and … which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil; … 5. …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… level (for example, increased precipitation in currently arid areas such as the Sahel) may give rise to potentially … to an agricultural economy and are becoming increasingly semi-sedentary. It appears likely that many of them will … 1987 and 1997 all coincided with droughts in the forest zone and fires occurred in forests that had not previously …
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 … en ta ge o f g lo ba l ic e- fre e l an d ar ea Wildlands Semi-natural Rangelands Croplands Densely settled …