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Application of systematic monitoring and mapping techniques

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Journal Articles & Books
сентября, 2018
Eastern Africa
Kenya

Drylands cover over 40% of the earth's surface and support over 2 billion people, globally (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). In East Africa alone, over 250 million people depend on drylands for their livelihoods (De Leeuw et al., 2014) and in Kenya, 70% of the total land area is classified as arid- and semi-arid (Batjes, 2004).

Managing rangelands: promoting and establishing sand dune fixing species: Stipagrostis pungens (Desf.) De Winter: a xerophytic quicksand- and dune-fixing species adapted to sandy deserts

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Policy Papers & Briefs
августа, 2018
Northern Africa
Tunisia

Stipagrostis pungens is a perennial grass species which belongs to the Poaceae family. It is usually found with several erect culms, grows up to 1.5 m in height, and forms substantial tufts. It is a tall stiff glabrous grass with pungent leaves, and a C4 grass with sclerophyllous, spine-tipped, inrolled leaves, with sunken stomata.

Estudio de las causas de la deforestación y degradación forestal en Guinea Ecuatorial 2004-2014

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Journal Articles & Books
июня, 2018
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea
Canada
China
Singapore
Thailand
Portugal

El presente estudio sobre las causas directas y subyacentes de deforestación y degradación de los bosques en Guinea Ecuatorial se ha realizado en el marco del proceso de desarrollo de la Estrategia Nacional REDD+ (EN-REDD+) y del Plan Nacional de Inversión REDD (PNI-REDD+).

Impact Evaluation of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Options to Contribute to Land Degradation Neutrality in Rmel Catchment in Northeastern Tunisia

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Reports & Research
июня, 2018
Northern Africa
Tunisia

Soil erosion is a natural process causing serious land degradation problems. In Tunisia, soil
erosion represents a serious environmental problem. The Rmel watershed located in the
Governorate of Zaghouan in north-eastern Tunisia and covering an area of 679 square
kilometers, suffers from this problem. It was thus selected to estimate annual soil loss using the

Causas de Degradación Forestal en Colombia

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Journal Articles & Books
мая, 2018
Nicaragua
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Uruguay
Canada
Indonesia
India
Italy
Montenegro
Portugal
Netherlands

El manual proporciona información sobre los procedimientos que siguen las brigadas de campo para realizar el establecimiento de los conglomerados y parcelas permanentes del Inventario Forestal Nacional (IFN).

Estimación de la Degradación de Bosques de Colombia a través de un Análisis de Fragmentación

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Journal Articles & Books
апреля, 2018
Madagascar
Congo
Jamaica
Costa Rica
Honduras
Nicaragua
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
United States of America
Indonesia
Italy
Montenegro
Netherlands

La dificultad de definir y cuantificar la degradación de bosques es una limitación importante para que la mayoría de los países en desarrollo incluyan compromisos de reducción de emisiones por degradación en el contexto del enfoque de Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación de Bosques (REDD+), que abarca además, el aumento de las Reservas de Carbono, la conservación de Bosques y

Land Degradation Risk Assessment for Sustainable Rangeland Restoration in Jordan

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Institutional & promotional materials
марта, 2018
Western Asia
Jordan

Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model (RHEM) was used to explore three different rangeland states’ implications on water and soil fluxes. The estimated baseline (A), based on literature review and community questionnaire, the actual degraded status (B), and the micro-WH based restored equilibrium scenario (C), based on field monitoring and modeling

Actors, networks, and globalised assemblages: Rethinking oil, the environment and conflict in Ghana

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Reports & Research
марта, 2018
Ghana

This article draws on actor network theory (ANT) and assemblage to interrogate the potential future manifestation of open conflicts due to unresolved latent local socio-economic and political grievances associated with oil exploitation near fishing communities and the implications of oil-related environmental degradation on local livelihoods in the Western Region of Ghana.