Contests Land Use: Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock 2016 Land Use: Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock 2016 Proposal revisions
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Landscape harvesting of water is the solution for water shortage in Kenya and Horn of Africa.
Vetiver sequesters high quanities of CO2 and the same time provides economic returns to farmers; advantage for environment and livelihoods.
How can we use human centered design thinking to create energy security and bridge community between Rwandan farmers?
Maintaining healthy ecosystems is a crucial step for sustainable development, mitigation and adaptation to global climate change.
Combining eco-farming methods with ancient varieties, farmers can reduce CH4 emissions & water use, improve yields & preserve biodiversity.
Sandy Deserts treated with Liquid NanoClay (LNC), retains water and fertilizer, resulting in the same yield as in good USA farm soil.
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My idea joins social equality, GHG reduction, energy, water and food security and reduced deforestation.
If all nations printed extra money for the World Bank to address climate change, it could create investment opportunity for our environment.
Every piece of land is in use either converted from forest into multi-uses.Boundaries tree corridor can raise farm forest vs climate change
Collect fruit seeds with students help, grow fruit trees everywhere, distribute fruits free, request to save seeds & use next year
Soil&Co empowers farmers and consumers to reverse climate change by providing access to more sustainable practices of farming and consuming
Transforming barren land to provide food security to small tribal landholders; raw materials to industries while sequestering carbon
By optimization through monitored agriculture we can raise yield, reduce pollution & GHGs, boost savings and conserve energy & labour.
Plant-based diets can stop climate chaos! Even if the world went fossil free, increasing animal consumption will continue global warming.
Reduce deforestation and land degradation and improving food security and rural livelihoods through community based projects for the long term to mitigate climate change.
Blue carbon ecosystems are complex ecosystems requiring a complex and sustainable restoration strategy, undertaken at the landscape level.
Private Investors Can Contribute to GHG Emission Reduction through Rehabilitating Degraded lands While Making Profit.
Creating policy to incentivize alternatives in agriculutre industry, specifically, vertical farming.
Action plan preparation for conserving land degradation, management of water resources and improving agriculture productivity using GIS
Sustainable Solutions to improving access to clean energy, safe drinking water & adequate food while reducing GHG emissions in communities
NTFPs may provide bases to adapt climate change in midhills of Nepal.
Growing forests is the most effective nature based carbon capture and storage solution available and mitigates land use emissions.
Increase the number of years of harvest in a slash and burned parcel by promoting rotation and native trees planting as fallow's enrichment
Ecological / Economic KEYS to GHG balance, quick scale productivity, resilience, food security, water availability, energy supply and income
Integrated Watershed Management to be implemented at local level is the best option for climate smart catchment management
More bees increases pollination, increases crop yields, safeguard's 35% of the World's foods plus increses absorbtion of C02.
Pilot study on the effectiveness of biochar based soil in improving the lifespan and health of urban trees and their carbon sequestration.
Shallow flooding and optimal N applications could lead to 34.3% reduction of GHG emissions (CH4, N2O, and CO2) on a national scale.
Natural herbicides, climate eco-labeling, urban gardening initiatives, education programs, and CAFO restrictions can combat climate change.
Leveraging interconnectedness between community development, access to modern energy services and forest conservation in India
By converting to agroforestry, farmers could reap major economic, social and environmental benefits.
Social ecological systems approach to landscape planning: identify eco-services, action to enhance their functionality and meet the SDGs.
Concerted efforts are necessary to sustain mangrove ecosystem functions and benefits to climate change impacts (sea level rise).
Disentangling the emission myth in Developing Countries: Rural communities and Open Source Ecosystems for GHG Emission Reduction
Urgent need to save our environment by reducing harmful pests with no pesticides but just biologically and physically by diodes.
Convert the Methane From Farm Waste To Electricity via 100% Emission Free, Bloom Energy Fuel Cells
The NEMA, 2012 report revealed that at with a rate of deforestation at 13%, Uganda will not be having trees by 2050 if no intervention.
CSA a way to achieve short-and-long-term agricultural development priorities in the face of climate change.
Climate Change Impacts on Natural Springs, Livelihoods and Adaptation Options
Climate Change Impacts on Natural Springs, Livelihoods and Adaptation Options
My idea joins social equality, GHG reduction, energy, water and food security and reduced deforestation.
its all about the data: GPS the logging, Satellite imagery of forests, Government reports of the actors, and math to put it all together.
Project aims to rehabilitate ecological infrastructure of the Baynespruit stream to improve water quality,agricultural lands,food security
Bamboo grows well on slopes, degraded areas, reclaimed lands, riversides and other marginal lands that cannot otherwise be used for farming.
A system of land use in which harvestable trees or shrubs are grown among or around crops or on pastureland, as a means of preserving or enhancing the productivity of the land
Plants have their lifecycle. They influence weather on the planet. Create software which tells farmers what action to perform at their field
Levels of carbon CO2 & Cxyz in air drive climate change/heating/chaos & need 100% Renewable Energy+AbsorptiveWatersheds/Tools lower C levels