watershed protection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwatershedandprotection
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watershed
noun
uk/ˈwɔː.tə.ʃed/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.ʃed/
an event or period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think ...
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protection
noun[U]
uk/prəˈtek.ʃən/us/prəˈtek.ʃən/
the act of protecting or state of ...
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(Definition ofwatershedandprotectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofwatershed protection
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The non-extractive values are mainly inwatershedprotectionand carbon, the latter having been estimated above.
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However, in highly unstable areas, some forest areas may ultimately be designated solely forwatershedprotection.
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For otherwatershedprotectionservices, namely urban supply and irrigation, the information was scarcer.
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Existing data allowed quite a detailed analysis ofwatershedprotectionbenefits.
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There is some evidence, however, that increasedwatershedprotectionwill increase profits through greater baseflow only in watersheds with a unique mix of physio-graphic and climatic features.
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We do not claim to perform a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis ofwatershedprotection; instead we focus on the estimation of the benefits or values of watershed services.
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This picture is complicated by the increasing tendency to question the traditional belief thatwatershedprotectionvalues provided by primary forest are unambiguously positive.
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They could also include the non-market, off-site values associated withwatershedprotection, such as stream flow maintenance and prevention of river and inshore siltation.
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As a consequence, the establishment of large hydroelectric reservoirs in deforested watersheds often leads to proposals for curtailing agriculture and livestock production in favor ofwatershedprotectionand reforestation.
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Ultimately, new forest management systems that integrate timber production,watershedprotectionand other objectives will be required.
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To assist forest managers, improved methods are needed to evaluatewatershedprotectionbenefits in specific sites and to assess the economic trade-offs between timber production andwatershedprotectionobjectives.
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Such guidance seems necessary given the current reliance on partial analysis and outdated conventional wisdom of the benefits ofwatershedprotectionin the humid tropics.
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The primary conservation goal was to provide greater protection against deforestation threats and to initiate reforestation and land conservation that enhanceswatershedprotection.
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Exploratory regression analysis to evaluate the impact of increased forest cover shows that physiographic and climatic factors strongly influence the likelihood of drought mitigation fromwatershedprotectionactivities.
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Pattanayak (forthcoming) presents a related example in which household collection costs for water from streams depend on objective indices ofwatershedprotectionand in-stream water availability.
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Additional incentive mechanisms for promotingwatershedprotectionare thus justified as a means of moving land use towards more economically efficient land use alternatives.
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Increasingly, foresters participate in wildlife conservation planning andwatershedprotection.
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They are mainly used for grazing purposes,watershedprotectionand fuelwood.
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