Sustainable land management sourcebook

• Corporate Author: World Bank.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2008.
• Series: Agriculture and rural development series.
• Subjects: Land use > Environmental aspects.; Rural development > Environmental aspects.; Sustainable agriculture.; Land use.; NATURE > Natural Resources.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.; Electronic books.; Computer network resources.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess

The Sustainable Land Management Sourcebook is a resource of good practice information on land and natural resource management issues that will be of operational relevance to practitioners in the tropics and sub-tropics. The Sourcebook covers a comprehensive range of topics on the technical issues of...

Table of Contents:

• BOXES; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I Sustainable Land Management: Challenges and Opportunities; CHAPTER 1 Overview; Box 1.1 Ecosystem Services; Box 1.2 Historical Perspective on Landscapes, Land Management, and Land Degradation; Figure 1.1 Global Food Production, Food Prices, and Undernourishment in Developing Countries, 1961-2003; Figure 1.2 Typical Set of Production Activities (Forestry, Crop and Livestock Production, Hydropower, and Coastal Fisheries) Encountered in a Production Landscape.