Soil conservation in Australia.(Viewpoint)(Editorial)

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation;  November 1, 2003 ;   Hannam, Ian;   787 words ......Committee on Soil Conservation, which was...evaluation of land degradation and soil conservation strategies...National Soil Conservation Program was...country's serious land degradation problem...national Soil Conservation Advisory...

Shri Baalu calls for checking land degradation problem; UN programme to...

M2 Presswire;  March 14, 2000 ;     666 words ......for checking land degradation problem; UN...Agroforestry and Soil Conservation in Arid, Semi-ar...agroforestry and soil conservation, which are...subjected to land degradation process. The...problem of land degradation as a separate...Agroforestry and ...

Experts discuss answers to land degradation

China Daily;  August 28, 2006 ;   Guan Xiaofeng;   326 words ......is suffering from land degradation, according to China...China's Water and Soil Conservation Law. "The present Water and Soil Conservation Law promulgated in...of the Water and Soil Conservation Department under...

Changes in farmer perceptions towards soil conservation and management in...

Rural Society;  September 22, 2000 ;   Cotching, Bill Sims, Chris;   787 words ......attitudes towards soil conservation and to implementing...changes in land management...show that land degradation is primarily...agricultural soil conservation that many...extension in soil conservation and management...

Land degradation on the rise: FAO

Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2008 ;     368 words ...Land degradation on the rise: FAO ROME, July 2...over a 20-year period shows that land degradation is intensifying in many parts of...ecosystem function and productivity, land degradation is increasing in severity and extent...

Integration of herder knowledge and ecological methods for land...

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology;  June 1, 2008 ;   Roba, Hassan G; Oba, Gufu;   787 words ......global environmental conventions, land degradation, pastoralists, sedentarisation SUMMARY The debate on land degradation and desertification associated...contentious. Discussions of land degradation from the perspective of local...

LAND DEGRADATION ON RISE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 2, 2008 ;     512 words ......issued the following news release: Land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the...ecosystem function and productivity, land degradation is increasing in severity and extent...being degraded. The consequences of land degradation include reduced productivity, migration...

Does Land Degradation Matter? Perspective on Environmental Change in North...

Economic Geography;  October 1, 1998 ;   Mwanukuzi, Phillip;   787 words ...Does Land Degradation Matter? Perspective on Environmental...behind and the perceptions of land degradation in the North East District of...perspectives to identify the causes of land degradation. He sees the root cause of the...social systems. He observes that land ...

COMMUNITY PROJECTS SEEK TO CONTROL LAND DEGRADATION, SOIL EROSION

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  February 21, 2005 ;     249 words ...According to "Jordan Times", Land degradation in the Kingdom was the primary concern...administered by UNDP. The roots of land degradation in the Kingdom include draught, which...assistant at the GEF/SGP. In the past, land degradation was not judged to be a separate strategic...

New alliance launched in Kenya to combat Africa's land degradation

Xinhua News Agency;  October 24, 2005 ;     522 words ......Kenya to combat Africa's land degradation NAIROBI, Oct. 24 (Xinhua...aimed at combating growing land degradation in Africa was launched on...largest of its kind to address land degradation and increase sustainable...

Sustainability indicators and soil conservation: a participatory impact...

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation;  July 1, 1996 ;   Thompson, John Pretty, Jules N.;   787 words ......potential (WRI 1994). Land degradation and declining soil fertility have been a...In 1974 the National Soil Conservation Program, was established...assess the present state of land use and land degradation in micro-catchments (200-5...District, or Provincial Soil ...

Africa Urged to Combat Land Degradation

Xinhua English Newswire;  December 21, 1998 ;     202 words ......Dollars every year as a result of land degradation which has affected the continent...greatly concerned about the issue of land degradation caused by inappropriate agricultural...account for more than two-thirds of land degradation in the world and this has led to increased...

Tenants, landlords, and soil conservation.

American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  May 1, 2007 ;   Lichtenberg, Erik;   787 words ......relationship between tenancy and land degradation is one of the classic...that tenancy promotes land degradation: Because tenants have...conventional wisdom considers soil conservation only from the perspective...appropriate the gains from soil conservation that ...

ADB to help China combat land degradation in western region

Xinhua News Agency;  June 29, 2004 ;     379 words ...ADB to help China combat land degradation in western region MANILA...US dollars to help combat land degradation in six priority provinces...GEF)-China Partnership on Land Degradation in Dryland Ecosystems, which...

Fed: Report shows high level of land degradation

AAP General News (Australia);  May 21, 2003 ;     306 words ......Fed: Report shows high level of land degradation By Paul Osborne BRISBANE, May 21 AAP - Land degradation is significantly affecting one-in-fi...21 per cent reported significant land degradation. This compared with 16 per cent...