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Policy briefEcosystem approaches to agriculture for sustainable management of natural resources and livelihoods in Pacific Island Countries (PICs) 2017
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No results found.The policy briefing outlines key policy implications for mainstreaming ecosystem approaches into the agricultural sector of Pacific Island Countries (PICs). In particular, the document highlights key challenges for the agricultural sector in PICs, related to the misuse of agrochemicals coming from an increased industrialization of farming systems across the islands. Ecosystem services approaches to farming have the potential to support the conservation of natural resources, while at the same tim e offering an opportunity for sustainably intensifying farming systems. The document also gives a summary of key issues relevant to PICs that will be looked at more in depth in an upcoming technical guidance document, produced in collaboration with the CBD and regional partners SPREP and SPC. -
DocumentProtected areas sustain livelihoods in the Pacific islands 2014
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No results found.The economies of the Pacific Islands Countries depend heavily on their natural resources, which are exceptionally rich but very vulnerable. In response to this challenge, FAO supports these countries with several programmes promoting biodiversity conservation, sustainable land management and sustainable utilisation of natural resources. Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Niue account for about 25 percent of the land area of the Polynesia-Micronesia biodiversity hotspots, where the richest and most threate ned reservoirs of plant and animal life can be found. -
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