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HECMP
HECMP HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT MITIGATION PROJECT LWE has listened closely to concerns of residents who share range ... conflict occurs. Thanks to this study, we are begining to understand more clearly how increasing human pressures alter elephant activity and, vice versa, how negative elephant encounters impact humans. The findings from ...
www.livingwithelephants.org

SUMAMAD Project
Northern Africa and Asia. Drylands are particularly vulnerable due to climatic and human pressures, yet they constitute some of the world's largest land reserves in terms of space ...
www.inweh.unu.edu

Freshwater habitat
Fresh waters are adversely affected by a number of human pressures, including: Excessive groundwater and surface water abstraction. Pollution, especially eutrophication and acidification. The effects of ...
www.jncc.gov.uk

defend the dunes - beach cleansing
But it is important that there is a general policy to reduce human pressures on the beaches, particularly at the top close to the dunes, to allow the natural ...
www.defendthedunes.org.uk

ECNT » Current Campaigns » Marine & Coastal » Darwin Habour Ecology
Darwin Harbour represent a major attack on the ecological integrity of the Harbour. Increasing human pressures on Darwin Harbour point to the need for a management plan to ensure the ecological ...
ecnt.org

Friends of the Earth: Briefing: GOING UNDER? -
The IPCC predictions suggest ... England over the next 20 years from a variety of pressures (Source: Pye and French, 1993, ref 32). Habitat Area/length % ... caused by sea level rise, increased storm activity and other human pressures[35]. Shingle beaches fringe one-third of Britain's coastline[ ...
foe.co.uk

Human Impact on the Environment in the Annecy Petit Lac Catchment, Haute-Savoie: A Documentary Approach
Results from this study demonstrate that seven main phases of human activity have left their traces in the environmental record during the historical period through ... 1730-1770s and 1840-1860s stand out as two discernible periods of heightened environmental pressures at higher altitudes, which manifest themselves as discernable lowland environmental problems, such as flooding, ...
www.erica.demon.co.uk

Urban Interface: Human fingerprints all over ...
Nearly six billion of us are putting pressures on the natural orders that sustains us. The life-support functions of earth's oceans ... can run off into waterways, harming fish and wildlife habitats. Also see: Key dimensions of human-ocean interaction Comparing Marine Fishing Industries Sources and Effects of Marine Pollution "Cities and Oceans ...
gdrc.org

California's urban protected areas: Progress despite daunting pressures
Progress despite daunting pressures _________________ CALIFORNIA'S URBAN PROTECTED AREAS Progress despite daunting pressures _________________ By Ted Trzyna CIPA Publication No.. 107 © 2001-2002 IUCN [Links ... of California ecosystems. If fires are suppressed, fuel builds up and makes the inevitable human-caused or natural fire harder to stop. If fires burn out of control, they ...
interenvironment.org

NERC - What are the pressures on biodiversity?
Careers Publications Press Events You are here: Home > Our research > Environmental issues > Biodiversity > Pressures on biodiversity About us Funding Our research Research news Introduction Science themes Research ... are the pressures on biodiversity? A species usually has a specific function, or niche, in an ecosystem. If a species dies out, another will eventually replace it. But human ...
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