People, Land and Water docx

... the Philippines, Los Baños.xii People, Land and Water Le Van An heads the Department of Science and International Relations at the Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry. Maria Theresa H. ... trust and understanding is a major challenge at this stage and will continue to be so during the entire period of interaction between researchers or practitioners and the community. People, Land ... upland communities. The research started after new policies were put in place by the government to protect forests in the uplands. However, following these measures, only 1 per cent of the land...

... are wrong, we may admit it to ourselves. And if we are handled gently and tactfully, we may admit it to others and even take pride in our frankness and broad-mindedness. But not if someone ... springtime, where the squirrels nested and reared their young, and the horseweeds grew as tall as a horse's head. This unspoiled woodland was called Forest Park - and it was a forest, probably ... all, that the points on which we differ are few and the points on which we agree are many, and that if we only have the patience and the candor and the desire to get together, we will get together."...

... REDUCINGORAVOIDINGGHGEMISSIONSTHROUGH LAND MANAGEMENTPRACTICES Land managementdescribeshowwemanage and use land toprovideopenspace and habitat,food,naturalresources, and placesforpeopletolive,work, and recreate.EPApromotesintegrated land managementstrategiesthatuse land asproductively and sustainablyaspossiblebypromotingsmartgrowth,preventing and minimizingtheoccurrenceofcontamination and bycleaningup,reusing, and restoringcontaminated land forbeneficialreusebycommunities.67AsdescribedinBox7, land managementhasthreekeycomponents: land protection,sustainable land use, and land revitalization.Similartothematerialsmanagementapproachesthatcanbeusedinthematerialflow, land managementapproachescanbeusedtoreduceGHGemissionsbyimprovingpracticeswithinoracrosseachofthesecomponents. Land protectionpracticeslimithowmuch land iscontaminatedeachyear.When land iscontaminated,itshouldbecleaneduptolevelsprotectiveofhumanhealth and theenvironment. Land ... The Land Sink,shownastheouterringinFigure4,representstheamountoftotalU.S.emissionsthatareoffsetbytheamountofcarbonthatisabsorbedbysoil and vegetationintheUnitedStates.TheUnitedStatesisamongthetopfourcountriesintheworldintermsof land mass.This land massenablesthestorage and activeabsorptionofcarbon44inthesoil,vegetation, and groundlittercover and isreferredtoasthe Land Sinkor land basedcarbonsinkinthisdocument.Theamountofcarbondioxideequivalentthatisstoredbythe land basedcarbonsinkisreportedintheannualInventoryofU.S.GreenhouseGasEmissions and Sinksasanegativenumberbecauseitoffsets ... September2009UsingmaterialsmanagementapproachestohelpreduceoravoidGHGemissionsisconsistentwithEPA’svision and manyofthestrategiestoincreasetheefficient and sustainableuseofresources and reducewastegenerationaredescribedinBeyondRCRA:Waste and MaterialsManagementintheYear2020.Someofthestrategiesincludereducingtheamountofmaterialsusedtomakeproductsorperformservices and influencingproductdesign,use, and reusecapabilitiestominimizerawmaterialinputs,extendproductlifespans, and maximizetheease and frequencyofsubsequentproductdisassembly,recycling, and/ ortransformationforfurtherproductiveuse.27Inadditiontoincreasingmaterialefficiency and reducingwaste,materialsmanagementactivitieshavethepotentialtosignificantlyreduceGHGemissions,asdescribedinthefollowingsections. Land managementisatermusedtodescribeseparateorintegratedstrategiesthatinfluencehowwemanage and use land toprovideopenspace and habitat,food,naturalresources, and placesforpeopletolive,work, and recreate.Forexample, land managementincludesthepracticesofdeveloping land and managing land foragricultural and forestrypurposes.Thewaywemanageour land directlyinfluencesGHGemissionsrelatedtoagriculture,thebuiltenvironment(e.g.,residential and commercialemissions),electricityuse, and transportation.Theconceptof land managementlinksdirectlytoEPA’svisionofpreventing land contamination,inpart,byencouragingsmartgrowth,28improvingchemical and wastemanagementtopreventcontamination,restoringcontaminated and potentiallycontaminated land forreusebysociety, and encouragingthesustainablereuseofproperty.Some land managementapproachescanalsoyieldGHGemissionreductionsorcanprotectthecarbonsinkprovidedbyU.S. land, whichisfurtherdescribedinSection2.Bytakingadvantageofopportunitiespresentedbymaterials and land management,EPA and itspartnerscancontributetoareductionoravoidanceofGHGemissionsaswellasimprovementtopublichealth and theenvironment.LeveragingOSWERprogramstoachievemeasurableclimatechangebenefitsinnowayreplacesorsupersedesotherOSWERprogramgoals.Rather,thisdocumentpromotestherecognitionthatmaterials and land managementprogramshavesignificantclimatebenefitswhileyieldingpositiveenvironmental,economic, and societalco‐benefitsincommunitiesacrossthecountry.Inthecaseofmaterialsmanagement,themajorityofGHGreductionbenefitsfromrecyclingorwastepreventioncomefromtheenergysavingsfromavoidedresourceextraction and materialsprocessing.29Thisenergysavingscarriesco‐benefitsofimprovementsinlocalairquality.Similarly,theconservationofrawmaterialreducesenvironmentaldegradation and water pollutionfrommining,logging, and oilextraction....

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