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Humanity is facing its greatest challenge. To produce 70% more food by 2050 without destroying the environment means doing much more with less. Partly due to the abundant food and record-low food prices achieved by the Green Revolution, overseas development assistance for agriculture dropped...
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and forest degradation. Second, the roles in forest management of the various government levels will need to be clearly … provided to the appropriate government levels. Third, economic incentives need to be present for countries to commit to changes … paper suggests policies and activities that the Australian government could implement within Australia and through the …
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A sustainable strategy to nourish the planet and its people must also promote biodiversity conservation. This strategy will have to include reduction in land degradation and unsustainable overuse of fertilisers, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, and irrigation water. A case can be made for...
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Biodiversity is the basis for agriculture and for a sustainable future. More than 1.9 million living species have been described; millions more have gone extinct, including major branches of the tree of life. The distribution of this biological diversity is variable in space and time, although it...
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influences of climate change. Due to the coastal and high seas nature of our fisheries, the complexity and diversity of riparian …, coastal and oceanic systems, habitats and populations, the perceived impacts from climate change on fisheries and aquaculture … both adverse and in some cases positive effects on fisheries and aquaculture. Potential adverse impacts include detrimental …
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The relationships between forests and climate change are complex and multidimensional. Deforestation and forest degradation are now recognised to be a globally significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, and it is asserted that reduction of forest-based emissions may be among the least...
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Aquaculture is one of the most rapidly developing sectors of global food production, contributing significantly to socio-economic development by providing food security and export earnings from high-value products. The importance of the industry to the expanding world population is underscored...
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from capture fisheries are used each year to produce fishmeal and fish oil. The species used are not usually consumed …
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There is continual pressure from parts of the recreational sector to close commercial fisheries. This pressure is based … on the belief that recreational fisheries are inherently more environmentally benign and ‘worth’ more than commercial … fisheries, and that recreational fishing benefits are maximised with sole access to fisheries resources. This pressure obscures …
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