Sentences with phrase «sustainable land development»

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Smack in the middle of this controversy is Alberta's smooth - talking finance minister, Ted Morton, formerly the Sustainable Resource Development Minister responsible for pushing through the Land Stewardship Act.

This is a first - of - its - kind investment vehicle leveraging public money to raise private capital for sustainable land management and landscape restoration activities worldwide that contribute to the achievement of land degradation neutrality, one of the global targets under Sustainable Development Goal no. 15 «Life on Lsustainable land management and landscape restoration activities worldwide that contribute to the achievement of land degradation neutrality, one of the global targets under Sustainable Development Goal no. 15 «Life on Land&raqland management and landscape restoration activities worldwide that contribute to the achievement of land degradation neutrality, one of the global targets under Sustainable Development Goal no. 15 «Life on Land&raqland degradation neutrality, one of the global targets under Sustainable Development Goal no. 15 «Life on LSustainable Development Goal no. 15 «Life on Land&raqLand».

If this is possible, researchers believe that Terra Preta may serve as a model for the development of land intensive, high yielding but sustainable agricultural practices in the tropics.

Trainings will showcase water and land management best practices, successful examples from other communities, and will provide resources, advice, and support for local conservation, restoration, and sustainable development initiatives.

It looks at the tax production and value per acre of various geographies — downtowns, village centers, shopping malls, main streets, suburban strip corridors, and others, to demonstrate that when land consumption is considered, sustainable forms of development are often the best bet for the local tax base and revenue stream.

They can't comment on the individual cases raised, but point out that a crucial question will be whether the councils concerned have the five year land supply to meet their housing need - which councils are require to have under the National Planning Policy Framework which together with its presumption in favour of sustainable development the National Trust, of which Jenkins is Chairman, apparently supported, along with the CPRE (claims my source, who also disputes Hastings's figures on the amount of land built on in any way).

Part of the value of land pooling is seen as promoting sustainable development by equalising values through a pooling process in recognition that all the land is integral to the development whether used for high value prime residential or for community infrastructure or green space.

Marc has long advocated for lower taxes, reining in the size, scale and scope of government, sustainable economic development, smart land use decisions, and demanding greater government accountability, accessibility & responsiveness.

«This new headquarters is not only a great symbolic achievement for Land Remediation, it is a tangible example of the jobs we can create and resources we can save by embracing sustainable economic development and bringing degraded sites back into productive use.»

«and will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations, specifically the Life on Land goal.

These strategies would include market incentives to reduce emissions; greatly expanded research on sustainable energy use, land use and industrial development; and technology transfers from rich to poor countries.

The target, it argued, «does not create any obstacles for social and economic development and corresponds to general objectives of the land - use and sustainable forest management policies, raising the level of energy efficiency, reducing energy intensity of the economy and increasing share of renewables in the Russian energy balance.»

«Embracing this process will create a more sustainable future where development doesn't come at the expense of contaminated water and land.»

ITDP today unveiled a new policy guide at the Urban Forum to evaluate real estate developments that integrate sustainable transport and land - use planning to connect people conveniently and safely to jobs, education, shopping and other opportunities.

Absent specific strategies like these, current global targets addressing climate change, poverty, and biodiversity may fall short, including the United Nations» Sustainable Development Goals to sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Glover, a senior sustainable agricultural systems research adviser at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), spent years as a researcher at the Land Institute in Kansas.

Opening the event, Markus Repnik, the Global Mechanism's newly appointed Managing Director stated «the adoption of Land Degradation Neutrality as a Sustainable Development Goal provides us with an unprecedented opportunity to create a new momentum for the implementation of our Convention.»

A separately - operated Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) will advise the Fund on the development of promising sustainable land use activities in order to build a strong portfolio of projects.

New Paradigm: Under one scenario to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (Sustainable Development Goal target 15.3), additional commitments in the land use sector, namely to restore and rehabilitate 12 million hectares of degraded land per year could help close the emissions gap by up to 25 % in the year 2Land Degradation Neutrality (Sustainable Development Goal target 15.3), additional commitments in the land use sector, namely to restore and rehabilitate 12 million hectares of degraded land per year could help close the emissions gap by up to 25 % in the year 2land use sector, namely to restore and rehabilitate 12 million hectares of degraded land per year could help close the emissions gap by up to 25 % in the year 2land per year could help close the emissions gap by up to 25 % in the year 2030.

Established in 1994, the United Nations to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management.

A future that avoids, minimizes, and reverses desertification / land degradation and mitigates the effects of drought in affected areas at all levels... to achieve a land degradation - neutral world consistent with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

We must build on the global consensus around the Sustainable development goals, particularly on gender and on Land degradation neutrality to turn dreams into reality for poor rural women.

Engage People,» advocated for the importance of inclusive cooperation to restore and rehabilitate degraded lands as a means of achieving sustainable development goals.

This year's event theme emphasized the importance of coordination and cooperation to restore and rehabilitate land, while significantly contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Reversing the effects of land degradation and desertification through sustainable land management (SLM) is not only achievable; it is the logical, cost - effective next step for national and international development agendas.

2016 — Cairo, Egypt — As part of the World Day to Combat Desertification, the 2015 Land for Life Award winner SEKEM published a series of articles covering the role of sustainable development approaches in combating desertification.

Moreover, land can play a vital role in linking multiple Sustainable Development Goals by harnessing synergies while minimizing potential conflicts and trade - offs.

«Combatting land degradation is one of the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

Since 2015 and as part of its commitment to increase financing for the Sustainable Development Goals, Mirova has been working alongside the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to launch the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund project, a public - private vehicle that intends to invest in profit - generating sustainable land management and restoration projectsSustainable Development Goals, Mirova has been working alongside the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to launch the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund project, a public - private vehicle that intends to invest in profit - generating sustainable land management and restoration projects worldwLand Degradation Neutrality Fund project, a public - private vehicle that intends to invest in profit - generating sustainable land management and restoration projectssustainable land management and restoration projects worldwland management and restoration projects worldwide.

President Macron also announced actions in agricultural and solar technologies that would enhance the UNCCD's global efforts to ensure that by 2030 and going forward, the amount of degraded land is equivalent to or less that the land we had degraded by 2015 when the Sustainable Development Goals were adopted.

Two key projects spearheaded by the UNCCD / GM in addressing desertification: the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund; and the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI), were discussed during the meeting on the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change held between the Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy of France and President of COP21, Ségolène Royal, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), held in Bonn on 22 February 2016.

The occasion of the conference provides an opportunity to place sustainable land management (SLM), land tenure, LDN, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a regional and global context, providing the means to enhance or adapted underlying theoretical paradigms, encourage the radical renewal of research methods and the validity of environmental change predictions, as well as to strengthen the integration between social and environmental branches ofsustainable land management (SLM), land tenure, LDN, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a regional and global context, providing the means to enhance or adapted underlying theoretical paradigms, encourage the radical renewal of research methods and the validity of environmental change predictions, as well as to strengthen the integration between social and environmental branches ofSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a regional and global context, providing the means to enhance or adapted underlying theoretical paradigms, encourage the radical renewal of research methods and the validity of environmental change predictions, as well as to strengthen the integration between social and environmental branches of geography.

In September 2011, the United Nations General Assembly High - Level Meeting on «Addressing desertification, land degradation and drought in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication» brought together political leaders from across the world.

In under 2 years, since the adoption of the land degradation neutrality targeting under the Sustainable Development Goals, a seismic shift has taken place.

Sustainable Development Goals for 2030: The Land Beyond Borders for our Planetary Youth Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de 2030: una tierra más allá -LSB-...]

Jaguar Land Rover has been honoured with the 2015 Queen's Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, and was named «Responsible Business of the Year 2013/14» by Business in the Community (BiTC).

Titled Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Areas in Southeast Asia, or the Uplands Program, the project aims to contribute through agricultural research to the conservation of natural resources and the improvement of living conditions of the rural population in the mountainous regions of Southeast Asia.

All our conservation programs and activities work toward the following goals: Protected high conservation value marine and coastal areas, low - impact sustainable fisheries, reduced negative impacts and risks of shipping, doubling of the wild tiger populations of Nepal, responsible development solutions that conserve wildlife, community - level habitat - friendly renewable energy, land - use management to support a low - carbon economy, and one in 10 Canadians caring for nature.

Updated, 8:10 p.m. President Obama today joined the parade of leaders addressing a United Nations session hailing the adoption of 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, which range from extremely lofty («end poverty in all its forms everywhere») to doable but difficult («sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss»).

In May, The United States Agency for International Development guaranteed Althelia for up to $ 133.8 million in commercial finance for forest conservation and sustainable land use though a new mechanism that seeks to de-risk these types of investments.

Feitosa spent more than 10 years fighting for human rights, environmental protection, and sustainable development in the Xingu and Middle Lands of Pará, some of the most remote areas of the Amazon.

ODOT and the Department of Land Conservation and Development are leading the Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative, a statewide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation while creating healthier, more livable communities and greater economic opportunity.

Francis said that wealthy nations and multinational corporations that use foreign debt as a way to control poorer countries, while exploiting their natural resources and polluting their land and water, owe them an «ecological debt» by limiting consumption of fossil fuels and assisting them in more sustainable development.

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This guidance document presents climate - smart land use, which gives an opportunity for advancing the multiple win of sustainable food production, rural development, climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation, and ecosystem resilience.

This brochure published on the occasion of the Rio +20 Conference highlights the roles of the Rio Conventions» processes involved in biodiversity, combating desertification / land degradation and climate change as important contributors to the global sustainable development agenda, drawing attention to successes and future opportunities.

Ultimately, the findings result in four key recommendations: (1) Advance stronger state laws and policies that discourage coastal armoring, (2) Ensure local coastal planning mechanisms are used to incorporate sustainable adaptation strategies and to discourage armoring, (3) Promote insurance policies and post-disaster redevelopment policies that do not promote risky development, and (4) Pursue relocation and retreat on public and private lands.

Over the past ten years Honor the Earth, partnered with many organizations and associations, as well as our local affiliate the White Earth Land Recovery Project, has become able to assess tribal energy economics and tribal economics for the purpose of proposing and actualizing sustainable development strategies.