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Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… 66 4.4.6 Managing water resources … 107 6.3.6 Establishing a water and soil conservation system … countries have used an IEM approach and similar natural resource management concepts in the development of national … are inextricably linked. Rather than treat each resource in isolation, it offers the option of treating all …
Global Land Outlook
… of Change 106 7 Food Security and Agriculture 124 8 Water Resources 160 9 Biodiversity and Soil 190 10 Energy and … urbanization, migration, and conflict to food, energy, and water insecurity. In all its dimensions, human security is … more rational land use allocations that lead to greater resource use efficiency and the reduction of waste; it is …
Drafting legislation for sustainable soils: A guide
… from low chlorine pulp International I n s t i t u t e Water Management Table of contents Preface vii Foreword viii … fertility. This Guide, intended to primarily serve as a resource for States to assist their endeavours to reform … management practices to enhance produc- tivity levels of water and land. A sound legal and institutional framework for …
Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report
… 3 25 III. NATIONAL SOIL REGIMES 27 1. Soil in Other Resource-Oriented Legal Regimes 28 2. Legal Frameworks 29 3. … of Soil Sciences (IUSS); the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC); the European Soil Bureau … and Management (which became part of the International Water Management Institute in April 2001) (IBSRAM). We wish …
Developing a Global Soil Regime
… community became more aware of the phenomena of air and water pollution. More recently, the issues of climate change, … argue here that soil, as a vital biological and cultural resource, demands attention on the same level as biological … is essential if humanity’s overarching need for food, water, and energy security is to be met’.2 As a basic …
Preservation of oasis ecosystems
… systems thanks to their different components: climate, water, soil, vegetation, micro-organisms, animals and people, … inventorization and evaluation; b. the decrease in water resources; c. the problems of sanding over due to local … of soils following the prolonged use of saline irrigation water and the lack of control of irrigation (doses and …