Search: Assessing ecosystems resources
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Story 20 Jul, 2013This paper examines how interventions intended to improve functionality and productivity of forested landscapes to improve livelihoods of the poorest populations, might actually yield co-benefits in terms of biodiversity conservation. It argues in favour of a 鈥榣andscape鈥 approach to achieve鈥
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Press release 19 Jul, 2013The Mount Elgon region straddles Kenya and the east of Uganda, extending over an area of approximately 772,000 ha, of which 221,000 ha have been set aside as reserves and national parks. The remaining 550,000ha consist of farmlands and settlements. Mount Elgon itself rises 4,321 m above sea鈥
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Story 18 Jul, 2013Originally important in the 19th century as a source of latex rubber, the region subsequently lost out following the rise of the Malaysian rubber industry. As a result, large swathes of the region鈥檚 forests were converted for farming and cattle ranching resulting in a loss of forest cover and鈥
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Story 17 Jul, 2013This paper describes LLS interventions in the Wassa Amenfi West Landscape in the western region of Ghana. The landscape extends over an area of about 120,000 ha. It is a mixed landscape with a variety of agricultural uses; the most important is cocoa farming.
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Story 16 Jul, 2013Substantial efforts have been made over the last 30 or 40 years to reforest the Miyun landscape. These efforts were a response to the very urgent need to protect the Miyun reservoir and its watershed, which supplies up to 80% of the water used in Bejing, China鈥檚 capital city. Over the last鈥
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Story 15 Jul, 2013The Doi Mae Salong watershed in the north-west of Thailand is the headwater of the Mae Chan River, a tributary of the Mekong River. As such, it is an extremely important landscape for the economy of the region. The landscape has the particularity of being designated a Military Reserved Area and鈥
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Story 15 Jul, 2013
The Doi Mae Salong watershed in the north-west of Thailand is the headwater of the Mae Chan River, a tributary of the Mekong River. As such, it is an extremely important landscape for the economy of the region. The landscape has the particularity of being designated a Military Reserved Area and鈥
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Story 14 Jul, 2013Are forests just an economic safety net for the poor? How much are forests actually worth, on a global scale?
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Story 04 Jul, 2013Starting July 9th, anyone in the Geneva region of Switzerland has 8 extra good reasons to visit the 鈥淪OS nature鈥 exhibition in La Cit茅 du Temps, central Geneva! All talks in this series of flash conferences will be delivered in the setting of SOS nature photographic exhibition鈥
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Press release 02 Jul, 2013The latest update of The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species鈩 shows worrying declines for conifers 鈥 the world鈥檚 oldest and largest organisms 鈥 freshwater shrimps, cone snails and the Yangtze Finless Porpoise. The Santa Cruz Pupfish, a lizard known as the Cape Verde Giant Skink and a species of鈥