Sentences with phrase «from land use practices»

But another source is from the earth itself - from land use practices such as deforestation.

Not exact matches

Poor land use practices can and have caused massive releases of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from carbon stocks.

Before using produce from the school garden, the USDA recommends visiting the garden and asking the lead gardener about growing practices, including the history of the land use, water sources, soil sampling and results, use of fertilizers and pesticides, and animal control measures.

If it fails, the American Meat Institute (AMI) claims that an extra 1.5 million cattle would need to be slaughtered to meet demand for ground beef without the feared «slime» — also putting an end to the far more sustainable practice of using every part of the animal, at a time when we are trying to produce more food from less land.

Some of that influence stems from a simple City Council practice: In land - use matters, tradition dictates that council committees defer to whichever member represents the property at hand, according to members and observers.

It's of no use to draw conclusions about inefficient agricultural practices in Panama, for example, if you can not transfer the information gained from research to the local population that actually depends on that land for their livelihood.

Vegetation data has many applications, from weather and ecological forecasting, to understanding best practices for land use.

In a study published in May, meteorologists Eugenia Kalnay and Ming Cai of the University of Maryland reported that current land - use practices are altering the climate in a manner similar to that of the emission of greenhouse gases from factories and automobiles.

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on the land use requirements of solar power plants based on actual land - use practices from existing solar facilities.

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See also the Commentary on this article in the same issue: Malaria risk and temperature: Influences from global climate change and local land use practices Jonathan A. Patz *, and Sarah H. Olson.

Funds from the ACR purchases contribute to seed investments for Nike's innovative Mata no Peito projects, such as reforesting degraded land, establishing sustainable land use practices, or help provide green - alternative incomes in Brazil's rainforests.

Though other human activities, like changes in land use and forest management practices, can also increase wildfire risk, the evidence increasingly points to an upward nudge from climate change too.

IPCC - 37: IPCC 37 will consider two methodology reports: the «2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands»; and the good practice guidance on estimating GHG emissions and removals from land use, land - use change and forestry under the Kyoto Protocol.

This technical document provides supplementary methods and good practice guidance for estimating anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks resulting from land use, land - use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Kyoto Protocol for the second commitment period.

The focus on emissions reductions as some sort of solution to sea level rise (apart from any determination of cause) is distracting from developing better land use policies and coastal engineering practices.

Biological sequestration includes direct removal of CO2 from the atmosphere through land - use change, afforestation, reforestation, carbon storage in landfills and practices that enhance soil carbon in agriculture.

Wilmington suffers from «a legacy of land - use practices that didn't adequately control the development of industrial sources and their relationship to residential areas,» says Alice Kaswan, an expert on air regulations and climate change.

For the first commitment period decision 15 / CMP.1 Guidelines for the preparation of the information required under Article 7 of the Kyoto Protocol stipulates that each Party included in Annex I shall include in its annual greenhouse gas inventory information on anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks from land use, land - use change and forestry activities under Article 3, paragraph 3, and, if any, elected activities under Article 3, paragraph 4, in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 2, as elaborated by any good practice guidance in accordance with relevant decisions of the COP / MOP on land use, land - use change and forestry.

Soils grouped into one map unit will have a great deal of variation in reality, and land use practices will alter soil characteristics from their originally mapped condition (USDA NRCS, Soil Survey Division Staff [1993]-RRB-.

There was a NASA - funded study about the same time that came out that said in the previous 300 years, you would have had to double the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere to equal the impact on climate change you had from land - use changes: from deforestation, development, farming practices.

Most of non-energy emissions stem from land use (especially deforestation in the tropics), agricultural practices (especially the release of methane from cattle production and rice fields, and the release of nitrous oxide from heavily fertilized fields), emissions from landfills and wastewater, and some exotic industrial and chemical processes.

Major Environmental Issues: Erosion resulting from inadequate flood controls and improper land use practices; irrigated soil degradation; desertification; air pollution in Buenos Aires and other major cities; water pollution in urban areas; rivers becoming polluted due to increased pesticide and fertilizer use.

Speakking of slash & burn practice of clearing forests for different land use I have a personal record of how they did it including charcoal from the burning.

The Early Anthropogenic Hypothesis (108) posits that mid-Holocene increases in CO2 and CH4 resulted from early land clearing and other agricultural practices and that these unprecedented interglacial trends in atmospheric composition set global climate on a trajectory toward warmer conditions long before human use of fossil fuels (108, 109).

By using sustainable practices, farmers can increase their income by making more palm oil from less land.

This is due to a combination of human activities (population growth, intensified agricultural practices, increased land use and deforestation, industrialisation and associated energy use from fossil fuel sources) as well as a strong El Niño event.

The term «negative emissions» designates CO2 that is removed from the atmosphere, and can refer to either techno - industrial processes (e.g., Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration, or BECCS) or changes in land - use practices that yield substantial enhancement of carbon sinks (e.g. afforestation and low - carbon agro-ecological techniques).

The land sector is responsible for about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and changes to land - use practices have the potential to significantly contribute to reducing emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting countries» ability to adapt to a changing climate.

Climate change, allied to unsustainable land - use practices, will increase the number and size of dust storms from China's deserts.

The study highlights the need for global efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (as in the initiative known as REDD +) to take into account carbon emissions lost through changing land - use practices and the challenges of reforesting and restoring degraded tropical peatlands.

By integrating satellite mapping, airborne - laser technology, and ground - based plot surveys, scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, with colleagues from the World Wildlife Fund and in coordination with the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (MINAM), have revealed the first high - resolution maps of carbon locked up in tropical forest vegetation and emitted by land - use practices.

The design concept incorporates broad - ranged regenerative agricultural practices and makes use of every surface of the built environment, from rooftops and walls to gardens and swales, to cultivate plants and increase photosynthetic productivity within our urban landscapes, adjacent lands and remote territories that will benefit from restorative land management practices.

Switching to cleaner energy does nothing directly to address over consumption of natural resources, biodiversity loss & habitat destruction, the gross land - use disaster that is suburban sprawl, and soil degradation resulting from destructive agricultural practices.

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Corporations are increasingly using Canadian courts to intimidate and silence people from speaking out against pipelines through residential and conservation land, unsafe mining practices, fish farming, waste processing plants and building developments.

Ms. Moynihan, a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group, is cochair of the BBA Real Estate Section, which addresses specific substantive areas of law ranging from bankruptcy to zoning, including land use, environmental issues, development, financing, and eminent domain matters.

It has been said that appellate practice is the last refuge of the generalist because appellate practitioners are tasked with communicating complicated — and occasionally arcane — subjects to a panel of generalist appellate judges, who on any given day, wrestle with a wide array of topics, ranging from land use law, family law, personal injury, and criminal law, among countless others.

We work with buyers, sellers, lenders, developers and public and private entities and our practice covers the full range of business needs, from complete transactional support and the development of land use - based cleanup strategies through dispute resolution and litigation.

Nora Martins concentrates her practice on New York City zoning and land use, particularly applications for discretionary approvals from the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals and the City Planning Commission, such as variances, special permits, rezonings, demappings, and zoning text...

From the beginning of a transaction through its completion, the skilled lawyers comprising our business transactions, real estate, environmental, land use, and tax practices work together to the extent necessary in each matter to deliver practical and cost effective interdisciplinary advice to achieve each client's specific goals.

Also, living close to some energy production facilities might be more dangerous than living away from drilling, construction and aggressive land use practices.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

Strategies: Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) follow best practice processes and guidelines; sites of environmental significance protected from inappropriate development; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people managing their natural resources.

Post the 1788 invasion of Australia, governments» policies aimed to eradicate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures, for example, by separating people from their land and by banning the use of language and other cultural practices.

The Commission recommends that the Government take steps to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution; remove the discriminatory section 25 of the Constitution and replace it with a clause guaranteeing equality before the law; reform the Native Title Act to address measures that have been found to be racially discriminatory; [19] provide reparations to Indigenous communities for harm resulting from past child removal practices; and take measures to protect and promote Indigenous cultural and intellectual property, connection to traditional land through homelands and outstations, as well as the use of increasingly threatened languages, including through support for bilingual education programs.