Vegetation
Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader than the term flora which refers to species composition. Perhaps the closest synonym is plant community, but vegetation can, and often does, refer to a wider range of spatial scales than that term does, including scales as large as the global. Primeval redwood forests, coastal mangrove stands, sphagnum bogs, desert soil crusts, roadside weed patches, wheat fields, cultivated gardens and …
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World Bank Group · 3 October 2024 English
km. The roads pass through areas covered with vegetation, coconut trees, corn fields, banana plantations … proposed alignment of the FMRs is covered with vegetation (small trees), and agricultural lands which are … expected to cause moderate impacts such as loss of vegetation (cutting of trees), soil excavation leading … earth work operations and also cutting of trees/ vegetation. The use of nearby water resources or rainwater … expected to involve cutting trees and clearing vegetation along existing road right-of-way to expand the …
WFP: World Food Programme · 3 October 2024 English
A zero-hunger world requires a socially equitable, clean and healthy environment – which is why the World Food Programme (WFP) is committed to applying the highest standards in its interactions …
intervention degrade, fragment, or convert the natural vegetation cover in an area (contiguous or cumulative) … intervention degrade, fragment or convert the natural vegetation cover in an area (contiguous or cumulative) … Could the intervention degrade or convert the vegetation cover in an area (contiguous or cumulative) … Could the intervention degrade or convert the vegetation cover in an area (contiguous or cumulative) …
World Bank Group · 2 October 2024 English
biologically productive system comprising soil, vegetation, and the associated ecological and hydrological …
World Bank Group · 2 October 2024 English
watering, and other local livelihood activities. Vegetation planted will be endemic to the Usangu Catchment …
World Bank Group · 2 October 2024 English
erosion management during construction and loss of vegetation through site clearing. Operational risks associated … communities during construction; ix) Minor loss of vegetation during site clearing; x) Minor loss of, or loss … may require clearing of small amounts of vegetation. Vegetation impacted by the works is located within …
World Bank Group · 2 October 2024 English
showing an increase in Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Land Surface Water Index …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 2 October 2024 English
This report summarizes presentations and discussions from the Asian Think Tank Forum 2023, which explored pathways for Pacific island economies to pursue sustainable economic development.
socioeconomic or other datasets to help identify cyclone vegetation patterns and potential correlates of the damage … researchers derived a vegetation index which measured the greenness or abundance of the vegetation in an area. … five significant variables. Lower post-cyclone vegetation damage was associated with greater distance … average household income. Meanwhile, higher vegetation damage was associated with areas with a higher … transfers and remittances were associated with higher vegetation damage. The results of the agricultural income …
EU: European Union · 2 October 2024 English
Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) integrates economic and environmental data to understand the connections between economic and environmental resources. The European Union (EU) has shown strong policy support for NCA, amending …
ural ecosystems, such as forests with perennial vegetation, have the ability to control the capture, infiltration … cropland-nonarable, forest, grassland, heathland, sparse vegetation, and urban land were not considered. Soil retention … potential for soil retention is determined by the vegetation cover factor which takes into ac- count physiological … physiological and ecological characteristics of vegetation (Panagos et al. 2015a). These in- clude factors … potential for soil retention is determined by the Vegetation Cover Factor (C-factor), which is calculated …
World Bank Group · 1 October 2024 English
This regional Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) focuses on four countries of the 11‑member Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)—Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. …
2020b). In particular, the clearing of forest vegetation for intensive agriculture in the face of population …
World Bank Group · 1 October 2024 English
are associated with the loss of wood and local vegetation/arable land, impacts (temporary) to fishing, …