Sustainable Land Management : Challenges, Opportunities, and Trade-offs.

Sustainable Land Management : Challenges, Opportunities, and Trade-offs.

Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resul...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Bank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2006.
Series:Agriculture and rural development series.
World Bank e-Library.
Subjects:
Land use > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Agricultural development projects > Environmental aspects.
sustainable development.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Agricultural development projects > Environmental aspects
Land use > Environmental aspects
Sustainable development
Aspect environnemental.
Développement agricole.
Développement durable.
Utilisation du sol.
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview; 1. Introduction; 2. Incidence and Effects of Land Degradation; Boxes; Figures; 3. Challenges to Sustainable Land Management; 4. SLM Interventions: An Agri-technical Perspective; Tables; 5. The Bank's Evolving SLM Portfolio; 6. SLM: Strategic Options; Appendix: Land Management and a Useful Plant Diversity Index ("V" Index); Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Similar Items