Water scarcity could be addressed through modern water conservation techniques in agriculture (such as drip irrigation, on farm water management, lining of watercourses and canals, etc.) and through more traditional techniques (such as rainwater harvesting).

Application of knowledge management techniques.

Regarding soil and water conservation, improved irrigation techniques, introduction of water use policies and monitoring of competing uses and demands for water, soil and water conservation techniques, and flood controls were seen as important.

Conservation and management of marine biodiversity

In many cases, combined techniques have provided more effective results than individual techniques, particularly when they are part of an Integrated Pest Management programme.

Conservation of resources constitutes an essential prerequisite of effective criminal justice management.

C. Sustainable farm management practices and conservation agriculture to foster carbon storage

Most of the adaptation options identified for agriculture relate to crop management, land management, and soil and water conservation.

Capacity building in the preservation, conservation and management for local authorities and communities

We are firmly committed to the proper conservation and management of the oceans.

Inter alia, these projects cover (i) assessment of the condition of the rangelands based on satellite data (ii) identification of the physical and socioeconomic factors involved in the process of land degradation (iii) devising of rangeland management scenarios and (iv) development of soil conservation techniques.

Capacity building in the preservation, conservation valorisation and management for local authorities and communities

We hope those efforts will contribute to greater compliance with conservation and management measures.

Under the right circumstances, decentralization enhances efficiency, equity and participation in forest management and conservation.

In central and eastern Europe, soil conservation activities are implemented with the support of initiatives focusing mainly on combating soil erosion, land fertility management and water conservation.

Farm management techniques in the context of tillage, crop management, water management and chemical inputs are already used by farmers as the means to optimize productivity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The international community has continued to focus over the past year on issues relating to navigation, the conservation and management of living marine resources, and the conservation and management of the biological diversity of the sea bed in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

To intensify our collective efforts for the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.

The Agreement provides a framework for the conservation and management of fish stocks in the high seas.

The precautionary principle and the ecosystem approach are fundamental to the conservation and management of fishing resources.

Records management methods and techniques are becoming highly relevant in this age of huge quantities of data and information.

What actions are required to improve cooperation among States in the conservation and management of high seas fisheries?

Many participants reiterated that the Governments have primary responsibility for management, conservation and sustainable development of their forests.

Pacific Island Forum countries have shown leadership in the conservation and management of the world's rich ocean resources.

For each declared Transboundary Groundwater Conservation Area, the Commission shall prepare a Comprehensive Management Plan for the rational development, use, protection and control of the waters in the Transboundary Groundwater Conservation Area.

Among possible techniques, such a strategy might involve preventive diplomacy, crisis management and the promotion of social and economic development.

It also noted that references would be made to the cross cutting chapters on waste management and waste disposal techniques.

Experiments in water management focus on the development of water harvesting techniques, the promotion of desalination plants and dam construction.

Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,

Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,

Recalling the importance of marine science in promoting the sustainable management of the oceans and seas, including in the assessment, conservation, management and sustainable use of fish stocks,

States must make sure that their regional fisheries management organizations and other arrangements have the mandates they need in order to make all necessary management and conservation decisions.

UNEP has closely linked global programmes on the conservation, management and monitoring of the marine environment and its living resources.

The World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) provides a framework that could be useful for developing such objectives (Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories, IUCN and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. (1994)).

States shall cooperate with each other in the conservation and management of living resources in the areas of the high seas.

In Africa, the ongoing initiatives for rehabilitating degraded land are focused on reforestation, soil conservation and integrated management of water resources.

Iraq argues that Syria has provided no evidence of actual damage or details of planned restoration programmes or improved conservation management.

Every stage of an infrastructure endeavour, from planning through maintenance, involves assessing and applying a wide range of technologies and associated management techniques.

For example, switching from traditional till agriculture to a more climate friendly agricultural practice such as conservation agriculture may result in decreased crop yields for the first few seasons while farmers perfect their techniques.

The fishery regulations also address fishing capacity and bottom trawling through a sanctions regime for non compliance with conservation and management regulations.

Recognizing also the need to further integrate ecosystem approaches into fisheries conservation and management and, more generally, the importance of applying ecosystem approaches to the management of human activities in the ocean,

Australia will continue to work hard with its neighbours to ensure that this regional fisheries management organization employs world best practice in the sustainable management and the conservation of highly migratory species.

Providing economic incentives to farmers and industries, for example in the form of low interest credit, tax relief and subsidies, could encourage investments in water conservation, low cost waste water treatment, soil conservation and other land management practices.

Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1999,

Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant regional and subregional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, while noting with concern that only a small number of countries have implemented the 1999 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,