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Illustration of a manure storage structure
Manure storage structure
This diagram shows the values and indicators used in the Orinoco River Basin report card.
Orinoco River Basin values
An icon representing a legislative initiative or ballot form.
Legislative initiative icon
Ecosystem report cards act as the ultimate synthesis tool for communicating vast amounts of information relevant to the general public and policy decision-makers. This pyramid shows where report cards fit within the spectrum of information density and information synthesis.
Information spectrum for ecosystem report cards
A marine protected area is a zone designated as a no-fishing or limited fishing or harvest area. This is a resource management practice that may be used when the marine resources are at risk due to human and natural activities such as over-fishing, habitat destruction, invasive species, and/or climate change.
Marine protected area
Recycling bins typically used for collect plastic, metal and glass items.
Recycling bins
The international symbol for recycling, with the three arrows standing for reduce, reuse, recycle.
Reduce Reuse Recycle
The queen conch is an important cultural and economic resource for Caribbean countries, but populations are in decline due primarily to overfishing and poaching.
Strombus gigas (Queen Conch)
A biodigestor processes organic waste into gas and fertilizer. It is a simple system to implement with inexpensive materials and is being introduced in isolated rural communities and developing countries to get the double benefit of getting solve energy and environmental problems, and perform proper management of both human waste and animal.
Water: Biodigestor
Unsustainable development and overfishing threaten Belize's coral reefs.
Belize coral reefs in jeopardy
Side view of a red lawn mower.
Lawn Mower
Best management practices are needed from the ridge to the reef for healthy coastal zones and positive social wellbeing.
The coastal areas of Guatemala are impacted by…
The reduction of impacts and threats to the coastal ecosystem of Honduras benefits both humans and coral reefs.
The current features of and threats to the…
Equipment used to spread fertilizer on residential lawns.
Lawn Fertilizer Spreader
A conceptual diagram illustrates the practice of planting or maintaining buffer vegetation along the water's edge.
Buffer Vegetation as a Key Stewardship Behavior
A conceptual diagram illustrates the seven key stewardship behaviors that can greatly impact the health of the watershed.
The Seven Key Stewardship Behaviors to Promote…
The steps in this diagram assist Trust Fund recipients in determining the best experimental design and monitoring method for their water quality monitoring project.
Water Quality Management Decision Tree
Improvements in water quality can be counteracted by changes in nutrient sources and land-use practices. Increased nutrient loads from stormwater and intensified agriculture often overwhelm the positive effects of best management practices.
Counteracting Factors Impacting Best Management…
A diagram showing best management practices required to target the numerous sources and delivery pathways of excess nutrient loads.
Targeted Practices Diagram
Illustration of a concrete weir
Weir
Illustration of a building with a green roof covered in vegetation, used to reduce heat and rainwater runoff in heavily urbanized areas.
Urban: green roof 3
Illustration of a forestry worker, cutting down a tree with a chain saw.
Forestry worker
Conceptual diagram illustrating tabulated Best Management Practices (BMPs).
Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Conceptual diagram illustrating impervious and pervious surfaces.
Impervious versus pervious surfaces
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