Traduction de «Zones riveraines de petits cours d'eau » (Français → Anglais) :

Observes that agricultural investment policies mostly focus on large-scale land acquisitions and on export-oriented agriculture that is usually unrelated to local economies; notes that the development of extensive irrigation in the targeted geographical investment areas of NAFSN may reduce water availability for other users, such as small-scale farmers or pastoralists; stresses that under those circumstances the ability of mega-PPPs to contribute to poverty reduction and food security must be critically assessed and improved; emphasises that agricultural investment policies should be linked to and should support the development of the ...[+++] local economy, including smallholders and family farming; recalls that the FAO Tenure Guidelines recommend secure access to land in order to allow families to produce food for household consumption and to increase household income; stresses the need to base large-scale land-based investment in Africa on these guidelines, ensuring smallholders’ and local communities’ access to land, promoting local SME investment. and ensuring that PPPs contribute to food security and to reducing poverty and inequality.

there shall be no interference with surface water bodies with civil catching or springs, or if the water body is included in the Register of protected areas established by Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or if the watercourse's average flow is > 5 m/s,

So if in the course of storing more carbon, you're also creating habitat for endangered species, producing protected areas that people use for recreation, or helping to secure riparian areas for water supply, obviously that generates other benefits for society that don't have a price tag directly but would be beneficial.

reducing particular risks, such as pollution of watercourses, ditches and water catchment areas and the introduction of chemical control measures in environmentally sensitive areas.

Additional effort is required to conserve soils remaining at risk of an unsustainable level of degradation; for example, areas that are close to rivers, riparian areas, or certain types of land more suitable for forage depending on the class of the lands.Taking marginal lands out of production is an area we can consider as a potential action area.

The Commission has decided not to raise any objections to a German aid measure concerning agricultural areas bordering rivers and the protection of the environment.