In 1986, New Zealand became the first Contracting Party of the Ramsar Convention to publish a Wetland Management Policy. Interpretation and context have changed since publication of the New Zealand Wetland Management Policy, which the New Zealand Government is considering updating. The Policy recognizes...
First, in recent years, the Chinese government has invested large amounts of funds on national farmland consolidation projects. The development of cultivation for snail control must be combined with farmland consolidation projects, especially in mountainous and hilly habitats. Moreover, farmlands with sn...
a government of a donor country, can agree to cancel debts under the condition, that the debtor (e.g. a country) reinvests the equivalent amount into initiatives for sustainable development. Alternatively, debt can be restructured rather than cancelled (for example through lower interest rates)....
The South African Water Quality Guidelines Volume 1 (1996), enjoins government to maintain the quality of South Africa’s water resources such that they remain within the “No Effect Range” where and whenever possible. The no effect range is defined as “the range of concentrations or levels...
Visit George Washington's Mount Vernon to learn more about George Washington's great farming innovation, the 16-sided treading barn. His invention was used to separate the wheat berry from the top of the wheat stalk. While previously, enslaved laborers on the estate would beat the grain with ...
In first decade of independence, Estonia had multi-level governmental management, where strategic decisions were made at the central government level, but the administration of national parks and larger nature reserves took place through local administration offices. In the late 1990s, the first support...
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When the present government came to power, large, forested areas were converted into agricultural land, particularly during the transition, contributing to forest loss. Similarly, in contrast to the 2007 forest development, conservation, and utilization policy and strategy, forest resources in the ...