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… 78 PART TWO: THE OUTLOOK 104 6 Scenarios of Change 106 7 Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 … planet should be being harnessed, the availability of good quality land is declining. As the American author Mark Twain … and wealth are often still largely determined by the control of, and access to, land. As a result, land is …

… Land 37 2.4 Legislation Specifically for Soil Erosion Control 38 2.5 Legislation Specifically to Manage Soil … on its soils than it is today, to produce sufficient food to meet the ever-increasing food deficit. • A general … habitats and gene reserves, much larger in quantity and in quality than all the above-ground biomass. 2.1.2 Cultural …

… framework for managing soils is not only critical for food production, but also for biological diversity … is dependent upon the ability of humans to effectively control and manage surface water and groundwater. 5 There is … of the fallow period in shifting cultivation, use of poor quality irrigation water, absence or inadequate maintenance …

… 39 Chapter 4 Legislation and policy for land degradation control .................................................. 41 … and techniques. 4. Protection of the country’s land quality and interests: Includes the stipulation of rights and … threaten the livelihood of millions of people and future food security, with implications for water resources and the …

… as the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. It also briefly explores other complementary mechanisms … as the most impoverished people often occupy areas of poor quality soil.20 Soil law must play a much more effective role … their effects occur, carried out under its jurisdiction or control, within the area of its national jurisdiction or …