Sentences with phrase «land management practices»

The project also promotes the maintenance and protection of cultural knowledge through the application of traditional land management practices.

The intent of the plan is to assess and define land management practices, policies, and strategies to develop a unified and relevant approach to guide practice.

This has the potential to inform land management practices concerned with the conservation of biodiversity and the sequestration of carbon in the soil.

This makes the topic both interesting and difficult, and requires good information on past land management practices and forest stand dynamics.

The occurrence of an extreme ecological disturbance, Hurricane Mitch, provided an opportunity to assess a decade of sustainable land management practices in Nicaragua and to see if the practices were actually leading to higher levels of sustainability.

Since the initiative was launched, its scope has broadened to include improved land management practices such as rotational grazing.

The current state of knowledge on the capacity of land management practices as a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approach and the scientific and technical research requirements to achieve this capacity

But by better implementing good land management practices, we can simultaneously help populations adapt to climate change and build resilience to drought; reduce the risk of forced migration and conflict over dwindling natural resources and secure sustainable agricultural and energy production.

In Kenya, 60,000 smallholder farmers are now getting carbon credits for improved agricultural land management practices such as land rehabilitation, mulching, and less tilling which trap carbon dioxide in soil.

McGill research shows that it is possible for Arctic communities to adapt to climate change if various hurdles like outdated land management practices are overcome.

Poor land management practices can have a huge impact on a variety of «sustainability» issues, but I'll second Gavin's thoughts: we need to be cautious about making things up....

Third, soil carbon sequestration aims to increase soil carbon stocks through land management practices such as reducing agricultural tillage, planting more deeply - rooted species, and incorporating relatively persistent compounds (e.g., biochar) into soil for long - term storage.

The findings highlight the urgent need for policy - makers worldwide to re-think the issue as many decision - makers, national and internationally, assume that fossil fuel emissions can be offset through sequestering carbon by planting trees and other land management practices.

For a century, land management practices across the country have suppressed that regime, leading to a tinder - packed forest that is vulnerable to bigger and much hotter fires.

These climate - smart land management practices nearly always come with adaptation co-benefits.

In the Caribbean, unsustainable land management practices are causing soil degradation and damage of natural habitats, contributing to the loss of biodiversity and reduction of natural buffers to droughts and floods.

COELHO COA, FERREIRA AJD, LAOUINA A, HAMZA A, CHAKER M, NAAFA R, REGAYA K, BOULET A-K, KEIZER JJ e CARVALHO TMM Land use and land management practices changes effects on land degradation under forest and grazing ecosystems, in the western Mediterranean (2004) Advances in GeoEcology, vol.37, pp. 137 — 154 DOI: NA

Global models incorporating land use, such as Integrated Assessment Models and Earth System Models, are improving their accounting of the complex biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects of heterogeneous land management practices within broad land use classes (Erb et al 2016).

We like to think that they would have done had there been any, but it's an intriguing possibility that they might be measuring the effects of land management practices rather than temperature trends.

Including by learning from and emulating indigenous land management practices — to which our ecosystems are adapted.

We need to scale up these success stories and good practices and design new policies and business models to attract investments that enable agroforestry and other sustainable land management practices contribute to building food - energy - water security while sharply reducing poverty and building resilience in the drylands.

The findings are expected to bolster efforts to ensure that large - scale protection, restoration, and improved land management practices needed to stabilize climate change are achieved while meeting the demand for food and fiber from global lands.

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.

integrate Indigenous knowledge and land management practices into rehabilitation plans and works

Soil scientist Dr Paul Nelson from James Cook University says the technique will be particularly useful for growers of environmentally certified palm oil, which is produced without the clearing of primary forests, with transparent and fair agreements with landowners and good land management practices.

(70) Agenda 21 also promotes the effective participation of Indigenous groups in land management practices on their traditional country and in national policy approaches to land and resource management.

Outdated land management practices, a dearth of local decision - making bodies with real powers, a lack of long - term planning, along with long - standing educational and financial disempowerment and marginalization are among the hurdles the prevent Arctic communities from adapting to climate change, says a McGill - led research team.

Dropping another 70 ppm through land management practices is not out of the question at all.

The map of soil loss by water erosion delineates areas of concern that will require special protection measures, such as financing more sustainable land management practices.

The study was therefore able to provide scientific evidence that agroforestry, combined with improved land management practices, are an effective land - use strategy for the watersheds.

«The ability to gauge the impact of different river and land management practices on river systems across the Basin is crucial to informing environmental watering decisions, as well as Landcare and other similar projects, thereby enhancing the outcomes we are able to achieve.»

This year, Bruce Pascoe is set to highlight the importance of events such as the Food Sovereignty Convergence in recognising the impact of First People's land management practices, and how the future of farming could look if we work with the First Peoples of Australia to utilise their «grossly undervalued» knowledge to improve farming systems in this country.

Indicating better soil conservation and stronger resistance under MCACs agro-ecological practices, the trends in agro-ecological resistance suggest that sustainable land management practices have been effective at building and conserving soil, water and vegetation over time.

However, pressures to increase the amount of arable land for food and fuel could offset the reduction, unless more sustainable land management practices are applied.

The tool predicts the environmental impact of land use, land management practices, and climate change.

Mark first developed a passion for plant science while serving as an agroforestry volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps, where he started a reforestation program that brought iguana ranching and sustainable land management practices to his site in rural Panama.

Setting Priorities: The transition to «climate smart» land management practices, including for example low - emissions agriculture, agroforestry and the restoration of high carbon - value ecosystems, such as forests and peatlands, will require sectoral coordination and investments in integrated land use planning.