TY - BOOK TI - Fifth national report to the United Nations convention on biological diversity / AV - GE320. A33. PY - 2014/// CY - [Place of publication not identified] : PB - National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), KW - Environmental management – Afghanistan KW - Water resources development – Afghanistan KW - Environmental protection – Afghanistan KW - Humanitarian assistance – Afghanistan KW - Afghanistan – Environmental conditions KW - Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001- N1 - Cover title. “31 March 2014”. “Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan”—at head of title. “Building Environmental Resilience ; تقویت تاب آوری محیط زیستی”—cover page ; Contents: foreword—Executive summary—1. An update on biodiversity status, trends, and threats, and implications for human well being—2. The national biodiversity strategy and action plan, its implementation, and the mainstreaming of diodiversity—3. Progress towards the 2020 AICHI biodiversity targets and contributions to the relevant 2015 targets of the millennium development goals—Annexes—Acronyms N2 - Summary: “Afghanistan is one of the world’s most significant centres for the origin and development of crop plants. Consequently, there are numerous local landraces of wheat and other crops currently in use by farmers. Approximately 20% of cropland is currently irrigated while the remainder is based on dryland or rain-fed farming. There are three Global 200 ecoregions in Afghanistan, all of which are in the mountainous regions of the northeast. Of these ecoregions, 38% of Afghanistan’s land areas are endangered while 61% are classified as vulnerable, and only 1% as stable…”—(page [6]) UR - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_ge320_a33_f538_2014 ER -