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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144640403321

Titolo

Sustainable land management : : challenges, opportunities, and trade-offs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006]

copyright 2006

ISBN

1-280-50349-1

9786610503490

0-8213-6598-3

Descrizione fisica

xx, 87 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Agriculture and rural development

Disciplina

33.73

Soggetti

Agricultural development projects - Environmental aspects

Land use - Environmental aspects

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-82) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. Sustainable Land Management provides strategic focus to the implementation of sustainable land management (SLM) components of the World Bank's development strategies. SLM is a knowledge-based procedure that integrates land,