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ProjectReport of the Consultation on a collaborative programme to assess and monitor climate-related changes in marine ecosystems in tropical/subtropical regions and in the high seas using the research vessel “Dr Fridtjof Nansen” 2013
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No results found.The Consultation on a collaborative programme to assess and monitor climate-related changes in marine ecosystems in tropical/subtropical regions and in the high seas using the research vessel “Dr Fridtjof Nansen” was held at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris on 5 and 6 September 2012. The Consultation was held within the framework of the EAF-Nansen project (Strengthening the Knowledge Base for and Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Marine Fisheries in Developing Countries) and was attended by a total of 19 participants, representing six UN agencies, and four national institutions. Dr Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO opened the consultation. The principal objective of the consultation was to discuss the possible components of the new EAF-Nansen project and the involvement of partners other than FAO and IMR, espe cially other UN Agencies. The project is expected to contribute to answering questions in relation to climate change and impact on the oceans. It is intended to set baselines and develop a system to monitor marine ecosystems in change as a result of climate variability and other drivers of change such as fisheries and pollution, in close cooperation with relevant on-going processes. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Environmental Impact Assessment (Volume I) of Livestock Production in Grassland and Mixed Rainfed Systems in Temperate Zones and Grassland and Mixed-Rainfed Systems in Humid and Subhumid Tropic and Subtropic Zones (Except Africa)
Volume I - Executive Summary, Delineation of Zones-Production Systems and Appendix
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No results found.Concerns about degradation of forests and other natural resources, growing awareness about potentially adverse climate changes, and a greater consciousness worldwide about the need for protection of the earth’s environment have led to increased attention on agricultural and animal husbandry practices. These concerns are a natural and predictable reaction as human population continues to increase at unparalleled numbers each year. For example, in 1950 there were just 2.5 billion people in the wor ld. Forty years later, in 1990, this planet had 5 billion. By 2025 human population is expected to reach 8.5 billion people. In just seventy-five years-the life span of an average person in an economically developed country-population will have increased more than it did in all the previous history of the world. Little wonder that agricultural scientists as well as non-agriculturalists feel the time has come to take bold action to save our remaining forest habitat, prevent and even reverse land degradation, and develop a plan which will assure future generations of sustainable agricultural practices. This report focuses on worldwide livestock grazing and mixed farming systems in Temperate and Humid-Subhumid Tropic and Subtropic Agroecological Zones. Excluded are all lands of Africa, all Tropical Highlands, and Arid and Semiarid Tropics and Subtropics. The scope of this focus is massive as it includes 60 percent of the world’s people, 50 percent of the pasture land, 65 percent of t he arable land, 59 percent of the world’s cattle, 44 percent of the sheep and goats, as well as similar proportions of other forage-consuming animals. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Environmental Impact Assessment (Volume III) of Livestock Production in Grassland and Mixed Rainfed Systems in Temperate Zones and Grassland and Mixed-Rainfed Systems in Humid and Subhumid Tropic and Subtropic Zones (Except Africa)
Volume III - Grassland-based Systems in Humid and Subhumid Tropic and Subtropic Zones (LGH)
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No results found.Livestock grazing systems in humid areas (LGH) are most prevalent in South America where countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, and Paraguay account for 62.6 percent of the agricultural land in the LGH (see Table III.1). China, Australia, and the U.S. account for the remainder with 70 percent of the LGH human population and 18 percent of its agricultural land in China. This category represents about 75 percent of the livestock grazing systems in humid zones worldwide with the remaining 2 5 percent in Africa. The agricultural land in the LGH is 88 percent pastureland but is rather densely populated at the rate of 1.9 ha/capita overall and 0.5 ha/capita for China. The LGH represents about 13 percent of the world’s pastureland and accounts for 12 percent of the world’s cattle, and 6.4 percent of its sheep and goats (Table III.2). As with the agricultural land, South America accounts for the majority of the LGH cattle (83 percent) and sheep (57 percent). However, most of the go ats (57 percent) are found in China. Significant numbers of sheep are found in Australia and China. Livestock feed demand (based on livestock unit equivalents) for the three types of livestock in the LGH comes primarily from cattle (89 percent).
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