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… the elements that could form the basis of a global instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of soil, … clear understandings of the technological, sociological, economic and ecological issues that affect soil. Human … from productive lands into marginal ecological and economic areas because of ethnic and religious conflict and …

… 70 5.3 A Non-Government Initiative for a Binding Instrument for Soil – The Tutzing Proposal 71 6. Issues … term “sustainability” and the need to integrate social, economic, or ecological objec- tives to achieve … as a spatial base for technical, industrial and socio-economic structures and their development; and (d) soils as a …

… areas. Sustaining land resources is critical to the PRC’s economic development: with only about 7 percent of world’s … protection, and medicinal products) and human social, economic and production systems”.13 It explains that IEM … (b) assess the capacity (see Step 2) of an existing instrument to meet prescribed standards of performance for …

… and is most grateful to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and to IWMI for … 5 There is an 1 2 Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secre- … in assessing the capacity (defined below) of an existing instrument to meet prescribed standards of performance for …

… it anymore.” He was absolutely correct. As an engine of economic growth and a source of livelihood for billions … and are often excluded from wider infrastructure and economic development. The scale of rural transformation in … good, while in other instances, they employ it as an instrument of power, control and financial gain. …