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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureTransboundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Project for the Kagera River Basin 2010
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No results found.The project goal is to adopt an integrated ecosystems approach for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin that will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation and mitigation, protection of international waters, agrobiodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, leading to increased food security and improved rural livelihoods. -
DocumentOther documentTransboundary Issues that require attention through the Kagera TAMP - Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Project for the Kagera River Basin 2010
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No results found.This provides a rapid review of relevant ongoing work in the region to address the transboundary issues that were identified for attention by Kagera TAMP (ref. Note for the First Kagera TAMP Regional Project Steering Committee Meeting on 29 November 2005 in Entebbe). -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureTransboundary Agro-Ecosystem Management Programme for the Kagera River Basin
Towards Increased Food Security and Livelihoods through Integrated Natural Resources and Ecosystems Management
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No results found.The Project will provide the basis for sustainable transboundary management of the Kagera basin and its land resources and agro-ecosystems. Activities will take into account gender issues, access to resources and conflict resolution. 1. Enhanced regional collaboration, information sharing and monitoring; 2. Enabling policy, planning and legislative conditions; 3. Increased stakeholder capacity and knowledge at all levels for promoting integrated agro-ecosystems management; 4. Adoption of improve d land use systems and management practices generating improved livelihoods and environmental services; 5. Project management structures operational and effective.
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Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
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No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated. -
Book (series)Manual / guideA guide to forest–water management 2021Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress. As temperatures rise, ecosystems and the human, plant, and animal communities that depend on them will need more water to maintain their health and to thrive. Forests and trees are integral to the global water cycle and therefore vital for water security – they regulate water quantity, quality, and timing and provide protective functions against (for example) soil and coastal erosion, flooding, and avalanches. Forested watersheds provide 75 percent of our freshwater, delivering water to over half the world’s population. The purpose of A Guide to Forest–Water Management is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water. It reviews emerging techniques and methodologies, provides guidance and recommendations on how to manage forests for their water ecosystem services, and offers insights into the business and economic cases for managing forests for water ecosystem services. Intact native forests and well-managed planted forests can be a relatively cheap approach to water management while generating multiple co-benefits. Water security is a significant global challenge, but this paper argues that water-centered forests can provide nature-based solutions to ensuring global water resilience.
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DocumentTechnical reportLecture notes on the major soils of the world 2001
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No results found.After endorsement of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) as a universal soil correlation tool by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), the Reference Base (RB) working group has endeavoured to promote, test and improve the system further . The aim of this publication is to make the WRB available to young scientists at an affordable price. This text is published in conjunction with a CD-ROM that contains additional sample profiles, analytical data and virtual field excu rsions. The document and the CD-ROM are produced jointly by the Wageningen Agricultural University (Wageningen, The Netherlands), the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands), the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC, Wageningen, The Netherlands), the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and FAO. This publication succeeds the Lecture notes on the major soils of the world by P .M. Driessen and R. Dudal, eds. (1991) which were based on the Legend of the FAO Soil Map of the World.