Climate change effects on groundwater resources are, therefore, closely linked to other global change drivers, including population growth, urbanization and land-use change, coupled with other socio-economic and political trends.
His new powers extend beyond relief and reconstruction to cover areas including infrastructure, banking and finance, rural and urban land use, telecommunications, defence and security.
Local business leaders, including ski resort executives, established task forces to deal with land use and traffic.
Land use has also changed over the last 10 years including a big fall in the number of sheep grazing the land.
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Accordingly, it is suggested that biofuels that depend far less on changes in land use may be the cleanest in terms of carbon emissions, including those from salicornia and algae.
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To rank all 50 states, the group focused on a variety of programs, including standards for equipment and appliances, energy codes for buildings and policies for land use and transportation, as well as public spending on initiatives at utilities, tailpipe standards and tax incentives.
This would include advanced land use management strategies to protect or enhance land carbon sinks, and the use of biomass for both carbon sequestration (including biochar) and as a carbon neutral energy source.
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He suspended the use of prescribed burns by state agencies on state lands -- including state parks, refuges, State Land Board lands and any agency that manages lands -- or under contract on nonstate lands, such as by the Colorado State Forest Service.
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