03233oam 22007215 450 99632016700331620200520144314.01-280-50349-197866105034900-8213-6598-310.1596/978-0-8213-6597-7(CKB)1000000000225249(EBL)459815(OCoLC)70705708(SSID)ssj0000089753(PQKBManifestationID)11111531(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089753(PQKBWorkID)10092089(PQKB)11110806(MiAaPQ)EBC459815(Au-PeEL)EBL459815(CaPaEBR)ebr10130758(CaONFJC)MIL50349(The World Bank)ocm69594105(US-djbf)14388298(EXLCZ)99100000000022524920060524d2006 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSustainable land management : challenges, opportunities, and trade-offsWashington, DC :World Bank,[2006]copyright 2006.xx, 87 pages illustrations, maps ;23 cmAgriculture and rural developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6597-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-82) and index.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; IndexLand 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, Agriculture and rural development series.World Bank e-Library.Agricultural development projectsEnvironmental aspectsLand useEnvironmental aspectsSustainable developmentAgricultural development projectsEnvironmental aspects.Land useEnvironmental aspects.Sustainable development.33.73World Bank.DLCDLCBAKERPULC#PAGLDLCBOOK996320167003316Sustainable land management804966UNISA