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The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136498877
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well as in other sectors. SOLAW is aimed at sensitizing its target audience on the status of land resources at global and regional levels and FAO's viewpoint on appropriate recommendations for policy formulation. SOLAW focuses on these key dimensions of analysis: (i) quantity, quality of land and water resources, (ii) the rate of use and sustainable management of these resources in the context of relevant socio-economic driving factors and concerns, including food security and poverty, and climate change. This is the first time that a global, baseline status report on land and water resources has been made. It is based on several global spatial databases (e.g. land suitability for agriculture, land use and management, land and water degradation and depletion) for which FAO is the world-recognized data source. Topical and emerging issues on land and water are dealt with in an integrated rather than sectoral manner. The implications of the status and trends are used to advocate remedial interventions which are tailored to major farming systems within different geographic regions.

Blue Revolution

Author : Ian Calder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136570780
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Blue Revolution written by Ian Calder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Blue Revolution upturns some environmental applecarts - not for the hell of it, but so we can manage our environment better.' Fred Pearce, New Scientist This updated and revised edition of The Blue Revolution provides further evidence of the need to integrate land management decision-making into the process of integrated water resources management. It presents the key issues involved in finding the balance between the competing demands for land and water: for food and other forms of economic production, for sustaining livelihoods, and for conservation, amenity, recreation and the requirements of the environment. It also advocates the means and methodologies for addressing them. A new chapter, 'Policies, Power and Perversity,' describes the perverse outcomes that can result from present, often myth-based, land and water policies which do not consider these land and water interactions. New research and case studies involving ILWRM concepts are presented for the Panama Canal catchments and in relation to afforestation proposals for the UK Midlands.

Conserving Land, Protecting Water

Author : Deborah Bossio
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845933877
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Conserving Land, Protecting Water written by Deborah Bossio and published by CABI. This book was released on 2008 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The degradation of land and water resources as a result of agricultural activity has had an enormous impact on human societies and economies. It is predicted that, by 2025, most developing countries will face physical or economic water scarcity, compounded by land degradation. In order to alleviate this problem, an advanced understanding of the state of our water resources and the relationships between land use, water management and social systems is needed. Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of global patterns of land and water degradation and discusses new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security.

Looking After Our Land

Author : Will Critchley
Publisher : Oxfam
ISBN 13 : 0855981709
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book Looking After Our Land written by Will Critchley and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 1991 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the main lessons to be learnt from new approaches to soil and water conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents six case studies, two each from Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mali, where soil and water conservation, based on the participation of the local people, has resulted in some success.

Our Land and Water Resources

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Our Land and Water Resources written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. land and water resources are analyzed as a basis for projecting national agricultural cropland and other land needs to the year 2000. Impact of changes in technology and resource development as well as environmental and institutional factors affecting the availability of these natural resources are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the continuing responsibility of federal, State, and local governments to assess the adequacy of our natural resources to meet future needs and to improve the quality of the environment.

Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia

Author : Lothar Mueller
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319244094
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia by : Lothar Mueller

Download or read book Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia written by Lothar Mueller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an analysis of land and water resources in Siberia, initially characterizing the landscapes, their ecosystems, crucial processes, human impacts on soil and water quality, and the status quo of available research. Further chapters deal with modern monitoring and management methods that can lead to a significant knowledge shift and initiate sustainable soil and water resources use. These include soil hydrological laboratory measurement methods; process-based field evaluation methods for land and water quality; remote sensing and GIS technology-based landscape monitoring methods; process and ecosystem modeling approaches; methods of resource and process evaluation and functional soil mapping; and tools for controlling agricultural land use systems. More than 15 of these concrete monitoring and management tools can immediately be incorporated into research and practice. Maintaining the functions of great landscapes for future generations will be the reward for these efforts.

Our land and water resources

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Our land and water resources written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Land and Water Resource Policy for the United States Department of Agriculture

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Land and Water Policy Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis A Land and Water Resource Policy for the United States Department of Agriculture by : United States. Department of Agriculture. Land and Water Policy Committee

Download or read book A Land and Water Resource Policy for the United States Department of Agriculture written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Land and Water Policy Committee and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Climate Variation and Its Effects on Our Land and Water

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Climate Variation and Its Effects on Our Land and Water written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Climate Variation and Its Effects on Our Land and Water

Author : George Irving Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Climate Variation and Its Effects on Our Land and Water written by George Irving Smith and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Climate Variation and Its Effects on Our Land and Water: Current research by the Geological Survey

Author : George Irving Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Variation and Its Effects on Our Land and Water: Current research by the Geological Survey by : George Irving Smith

Download or read book Climate Variation and Its Effects on Our Land and Water: Current research by the Geological Survey written by George Irving Smith and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Land and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation and Credit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Land and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation and Credit

Download or read book Land and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation and Credit and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Where Land and Water Meet

Author : Nancy Langston
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295989831
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Where Land and Water Meet written by Nancy Langston and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water and land interrelate in surprising and ambiguous ways, and riparian zones, where land and water meet, have effects far outside their boundaries. Using the Malheur Basin in southeastern Oregon as a case study, this intriguing and nuanced book explores the ways people have envisioned boundaries between water and land, the ways they have altered these places, and the often unintended results. The Malheur Basin, once home to the largest cattle empires in the world, experienced unintended widespread environmental degradation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. After establishment in 1908 of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a protected breeding ground for migratory birds, and its expansion in the 1930s and 1940s, the area experienced equally extreme intended modifications aimed at restoring riparian habitat. Refuge managers ditched wetlands, channelized rivers, applied Agent Orange and rotenone to waterways, killed beaver, and cut down willows. Where Land and Water Meet examines the reasoning behind and effects of these interventions, gleaning lessons from their successes and failures. Although remote and specific, the Malheur Basin has myriad ecological and political connections to much larger places. This detailed look at one tangled history of riparian restoration shows how—through appreciation of the complexity of environmental and social influences on land use, and through effective handling of conflict—people can learn to practice a style of pragmatic adaptive resource management that avoids rigid adherence to single agendas and fosters improved relationships with the land.

Land and Water Resource Conservation Act of 1975

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Environment, Soil Conservation, and Forestry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land and Water Resource Conservation Act of 1975 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Environment, Soil Conservation, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Land and Water Resources

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Land and Water Resources written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Amending the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Amending the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water

Download or read book Amending the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that racism continues to the present day due to practices that force different racial groups into specific areas, where such commodities as education, transportation, and jobs are unevenly distributed to the residents based on the area.

Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa

Author : John Anthony Allan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136276734
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa written by John Anthony Allan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to estimates by the International Land Coalition based at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 57 million hectares of land have been leased to foreign investors since 2007. Current research has focused on human rights issues related to inward investment in land but has been ignorant of water resource issues and the challenges of managing scarce water. This handbook will be the first to address inward investment in land and its impact on water resources in Africa. The geographical scope of this book will be the African continent, where land has attracted the attention of risk-taking investors because much land is under-utilised marginalized land, with associated water resources and rapidly growing domestic food markets. The successful implementation of investment strategies in African agriculture could determine the future of more than one billion people. An important factor to note is that Sub-Saharan Africa will, of all the continents, be hit hardest by climate change, population growth and food insecurity. Sensible investment in agriculture is therefore needed, however, at what costs and at whose expense? The book will also address the livelihoods theme and provide a holistic analysis of land and water grabbing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Four other themes will addressed: politics, economics, environment and the history of land investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. The editors have involved a highly diverse group of around 25 expert researchers, who will review the pro and anti-investment arguments, geopolitics, the role of capitalist investors, the environmental contexts and the political implications of, and reasons for, leasing millions of hectares in Sub-Saharan Africa. To date, there has been no attempt to review land investments through a suite of different lenses, thus this handbook will differ significantly from existing research and publication. The editors are Tony Allan, (Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, School of Oriental and African Studies and King’s College London); Jeroen Warner (Assistant Professor, Disaster Studies, University of Wageningen); Suvi Sojamo (PhD Researcher, Water and Development Research Group, Aalto University); and Martin Keulertz (PhD Researcher, Department of Geography, London Water Group, King’s College London).