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Sustainable land management: managing land better for environmental benefits [PDF]
, 2021 England is at a historical crossroad for the governance of land and the natural environment. Actions for addressing and adapting to climate change, achieving food security and tackling the biodiversity crisis are all embedded in and depend on how land is managed.
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Економіка та суспільство, 2023 The article highlights the main problems of China's land management in the context of sustainable development. Land resources on the planet are limited, and therefore the implementation of sustainable land use practices is the key to reducing land ...
Людмила Могильна +1 more
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Journal of Environmental Protection, 2016 In one way or another, one out of three people are being affected by land degradation. It is estimated that, about every year, 75 billion tonnes of soil material are being lost worldwide as a result of land degradation. Recent findings also showed that about 2 billion hectares of land were severely degraded, in some cases in an irreversible way, all ...
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Sustainable management of hill land
Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 1993 One of the major environmental issues currently facing New Zealand is that of the sustainability of pastoral farming on North Island hill country. To be sustainable, a system must be resource conserving, environmentally compatible, socially supportive and commer-cially competitive.
A.D. Mackay +2 more
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Geo-spatial Information ScienceEvaluating how land cover is being transformed is essential to identify patterns necessary to infer the change trajectories and the driving factors. This study considers the case of Nigeria, where various natural ecosystems are being converted and for ...
Felicia O. Akinyemi +1 more
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CHARACTERISING UPLAND SWAMPS USING OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATION METHODS AND HYPER-SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGERY DERIVED FROM AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2012 Subsidence, resulting from underground coal mining can alter the structure of overlying rock formations changing hydrological conditions and potentially effecting ecological communities found on the surface.
A. M. Lechner +3 more
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Politics and Governance, 2019 The article explores and discusses, both conceptually and empirically, the exercise of food democracy in the context of three alternative food networks (AFNs) in Brussels, Belgium.
François Lohest +4 more
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Geo: Geography and Environment, 2023 People with disabilities (PWDs) have an equal right to independent mobility and dignified involvement in society, which is intrinsically related to their access to inclusive public transit systems.
Millicent Awialie Akaateba +2 more
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Systems knowledge for sustainable soil and land management
Science of The Total Environment, 2022 While soils and land are pivotal elements of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and societal challenges, they face degradation and reduction of related functions and services worldwide. Societal demands on soils and land are increasing, including contributions to climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecosystem services, biodiversity and ...
Löbmann, Michael +6 more
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Scientific ReportsUnderstanding tropical forest change requires integrating satellite observations with insights from forest-dependent communities. In West Africa, where deforestation and degradation unfold within complex social-ecological systems, conventional monitoring
Chima Jude Iheaturu +4 more
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