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Mining in New Caledonia: environmental stakes and restoration opportunities

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2015
Nueva Caledonia

New Caledonia is a widely recognised marine and terrestrial biodiversity hot spot. However, this unique environment is under increasing anthropogenic pressure. Major threats are related to land cover change and include fire, urban sprawling and mining. Resulting habitat loss and fragmentation end up in serious erosion of the local biodiversity.

Research and Design of A Land Reclamation Supervisory Information System in A Mining Area

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2015

Using an overall document data comprehensive analysis system and a structure analysis, this study preliminarily classified technical indicators, structured the regulatory index database on construction of land reclamation, and explicated the information operation process and main content of land reclamation.

Baseline review and ecosystem services assessment of the Tana River Basin, Kenya

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Reports & Research
Diciembre, 2015
Kenya

The ‘WISE-UP to climate’ project aims to demonstrate the value of natural infrastructure as a ‘nature-based solution’ for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. Within the Tana River Basin, both natural and built infrastructure provide livelihood benefits for people.

Caravan 31: Coping with climate change in dry areas

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Reports & Research
Diciembre, 2015
Egypt
Ethiopia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Morocco
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Eastern Africa
Northern Africa
Central Asia
Western Asia

This issue of Caravan showcases some of ICARDA’s efforts of coping with climate change in dry areas with improved water land management and resilient production systems. These include initiatives in conservation agriculture which provide sustained production levels while conserving the ecosystems on which our entire food system is dependent upon.

Rapport d’étude sur les pratiques d’expropriation, d’indemnisation, de délocalisation/réinstallation des communautés affectées par les projets miniers en Guinée

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Reports & Research
Noviembre, 2015
Guinée

La République de Guinée recèle d'importantes ressources naturelles dont un potentiel minier reconnu comme l’un des plus importants en Afrique, le pays concentrant à lui seul plus de la moitié des réserves mondiales de bauxite (2/3 avant les découvertes récentes de grands gisements en Asie du Sud Est), d’importants gisements de fer (9 milliards de tonnes)

Megaminería en Uruguay: conflictos estructurantes de un nuevo campo en disputa

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Journal Articles & Books
Noviembre, 2015
Latin America and the Caribbean
Uruguay

El objetivo del artículo será sistematizar y analizar algunas de las discusiones, planteadas como conflictos entre actores específicos, emergentes a partir de la propuesta de explotación del hierro a través de la megaminería en Uruguay.