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Global Land Outlook
… to climate change and other natural resource pressures. 3. Farming for multiple benefits: optimizing the most desirable … Effendi, Baha’u’llah’s great-grandson, noted: “Man is organic with the world. His inner life moulds the environment … holistic thinking: even the familiar separation of the organic from the inorganic begins to break down: minerals …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… chemical, and biological deterioration, including loss of organic matter, decline in soil fertility, decline in … compaction, and salinisation) and loss of nutrients and organic matter. ■ A significant proportion of the degradation … for soil conservation; and adaptive capacities of farming systems and land users”. 140 Factors listed by Hurni …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… The natural dynamic system of unconsolidated mineral and organic material at the earth’s surface. It has been … rock and the decay of vegetation. Soil materials include organic matter, clay, silt, sand and gravel mixed in such a … and more diversified (and more food secure) output from farming systems”. See Tenberg, A., and M. Stocking, 2001, …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… of country autonomous organizations and NGOs, the role of farming organs (farmers’ associations, economic-aid units) … are burnt for fuel which could otherwise have been used as organic matter to replenish soil nutrients. 3.5.2.4 … Lowered land productivity Severe soil erosion and loss of organic matter and nutrients have reduced soil fertility, and …