... of land degradation, rehabilitation / reclamation of denuded land Origin: Externally - recent (<10 years ago) Land use: Grazing land: Extensive grazing land (before), Forests / woodlands: ... formation, and potential landslides. Land use Climate Degradation Conservation measure Extensive grazing land Grazing land: Extensive grazing land (before) Forests / woodlands: Plantations, ... 2% - 3% Land ownership: state Land use rights: leased (The land belongs to the state and the land users rented this plot.) Water use rights: (The land belongs to the state and the land users...
... SustainableLandManagement 5Drivers and Impacts of Global Change 6Production Landscapes: The Context for LandManagement 9 Land Management Trade-Offs 12Confronting the Effects of Land Use 13Selecting ... I SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 1Chapter 1 Overview 3Structure of the Sourcebook and Guide for Users 4The Need for SustainableLandManagement 5Definition of Sustainable ... linked effortscan generate incentives to change traditions and to improve land management practices.KEY SUSTAINABLELAND MANAGEMENT ISSUES 27Science and Local Innovation Make Livestock More...
... established as approximately 1 million cubic meter per day. 3. DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT Sustainable water management (SWM) should not only control the water resources towards the ... quality could become a bottleneck as pollution increases along with a higher demand. So a sustainable water management should be interpreted with the targets of the rural development as meaning ... Dialogue Workshop “International transfer of river basin development experience: Australia and the Mekong Region”, Australia. P. X. Su (1996). Country Paper of Vietnam. In (W. L. Arriens, J....
... STATEMENT 10 |Page numberPlanning for Sustainable Waste Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Sustainable Waste Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... differentaspects of land- use planning in England. This PPS replaces Planning Policy Guidance Note10, Planning and Waste Management, published in 1999 and forms part of the nationalwaste management plan ... development. 5PLANNING POLICY STATEMENT 10 | SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT 1. The overall objective of Government policy on waste, as set out in the strategy for sustainable development4, is to protect...
... Carbondioxide(CO2)isabsorbedby land andvegetationthroughtheprocessofphotosynthesis.Thenetemissionsarenegative(sequestration)andsubstantial,offsettingapproximately884MMTCO2E,orapproximately13%oftotalemissionsin2006.114Thecarbonsequestrationandstorageprovidedby land canbepreservedthough sustainablelandmanagement practices,andcanbeenhancedbyrestorationof land, suchasreforestationofcontaminated land. Theemissionsestimateforthe land basedcarbonsinkisgivenbytheInventory.Specifically,Chapter7, Land Use, Land UseChange,andForestry,providesanassessmentofthenetGHGfluxresultingfromtheusesandchangesin land typesandforestsintheU.S.,includingnetemissionsfromforestlandremainingforestland,croplandremainingcropland, land convertedtocropland,grasslandremaininggrassland, land convertedtograssland,settlementsremainingsettlements,landfillyardtrimmings,and ... Ton=Timeperiodoftransition,defaultis1yearforcarbonlossesAlthoughthisequationissimilartotheequationusedtoestimatecarbonlossesinDOM(seebelow),itisnotinaccordancewiththe2006IPCCGuidelines.Theguidelinesrecommendagreaterdegreeofdisaggregationoflandusedatabyclimateandsoiltype.Theequationaboverepresentsasimplificationofthevariabilityofcarboncontentsinsoilthatexistsonregionalandnationalscales.Thesoilcarbonstockfortheoldlandusecategory(Cso)wasbasedoninformationfordifferentecosystemtypespresentedinthe2000IPCCreportonLandUse,LanduseChange,andForestry.117Thesoilcarbonstockforthenewlandusecategoryofsettlements(Csn)wasbasedonafractionofCso.Forforestlandandgrassland,thefractionwas0.5andforcropland,thefractionwas0.8.GuoandGifford(2002)observedthatlandusechangesofforestlandtocroplandandpasturelandtocroplandresultedinsoilcarbondecreasesof42%and59%,respectively.118Theestimateforthisprojectassumesthattheconversionofforestlandorgrasslandtourbanlandisequivalenttoaconversiontocropland(boremoveexistingvegetationandcausesignificantsoildisturbance);therefore,GuoandGiffordsworksupportsthiseffortsestimationofa50%lossassociatedwiththisconversion.Itisestimatedthatsoilsunderforestsorgrasslandswillloseapproximately50%oftheoriginalorganiccarbonwhenthelandisconvertedtodevelopedland.Theselossesareaconsequenceofboththeremovalofsurfacesoils(toprovidesuitablebuildingfoundation)andnaturaloxidationwhenthesoilisgradedfollowingremovalofthevegetativecover.Lossesfromcroplandsareonlyexpectedtobe20%becausethesesoilsalreadyundergoperiodictillageandthemajorityofnaturaloxidationwillalreadyhaveoccurred.AliteraturereviewforthisprojectdidnotidentifyotherstudiescomparabletoGuoandGifford(2002)thatestimatedsoilcarbonlossesassociatedwithconvertingcroplandtourbanland.Therefore,the20%soilcarbonlossestimatefordevelopmentofcroplandintourbanlandisbasedonbestprofessionaljudgment.th ... REDUCINGORAVOIDINGGHGEMISSIONSTHROUGH LANDMANAGEMENT PRACTICES Land management describeshowwemanageanduse land toprovideopenspaceandhabitat,food,naturalresources,andplacesforpeopletolive,work,andrecreate.EPApromotesintegrated land management strategiesthatuse land asproductivelyandsustainablyaspossiblebypromotingsmartgrowth,preventingandminimizingtheoccurrenceofcontaminationandbycleaningup,reusing,andrestoringcontaminated land forbeneficialreusebycommunities.67AsdescribedinBox7, landmanagement hasthreekeycomponents: land protection, sustainableland use,and land revitalization.Similartothematerials management approachesthatcanbeusedinthematerialflow, landmanagement approachescanbeusedtoreduceGHGemissionsbyimprovingpracticeswithinoracrosseachofthesecomponents. Land protectionpracticeslimithowmuch land iscontaminatedeachyear.When land iscontaminated,itshouldbecleaneduptolevelsprotectiveofhumanhealthandtheenvironment.Land...
... adopted the sustainable forest management approach they would have gained very little increase in timber volumes. This meant that the opportunity cost of adopting sustainable forest management ... number of upland farmers still do not manage their land in sustainable ways and often clear cut the forest, which is very destructive to the environment. Moreover, the majority of upland farmers ... Constraints Ownership: In Vietnam land is owned by the state. By constitution, all lands, including forest land, belong to the Government. However, forest and forest land can be contracted or allocated...
... orders@intechopen.com Sustainable Forest Management – Case Studies, Edited by Jorge Martín-García and Julio Javier Diez p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0511-4 Sustainable Forest Management – Case ... could get from 1 ha of land out of two alternative land- uses: shifting cultivation [slash-and-burn], the Obstacles to a Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Forest Management Under REDD in ... transferable knowledge. CFEMI is designed for communication and management Sustainable Forest Management – Case Studies 38traditional land- use pattern in southern Cameroon, or carbon credits...
... IV — Habitat / Species Management Area: managed mainly for conservation through management intervention V — Protected Landscape / Seascape: managed mainly for landscape/seascape conservation ... biodiversity; Sustainable use and consumption 9 II. Good Practices a. Biodiversity and livelihoods in forest management i. Biodiversity in production forests 13 ii. Agroforestry 17 iii. Forest landscape ... threatened species: A global species assessment. IUCN: Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 2008. Private–public partnerships can achieve sustainable and equitable development. Accessed at:...
... for endangered or threatenedspeciesCultural Land use Prior land use Land use on adjoining propertiesLegal Political boundaries Land ownership Land use regulationsEasements and deed restrictionsUtilities ... categories. Land use, for example, is an attribute that is expressed in this way. Land use classes includeresidential, commercial, and industrial uses. Although these land uses differ in many ways, land ... attributes,such as soil type, slope g radient, and land use suitability (Figure 2-3). Land use—acultural attribute—can be classified into many different categories. A land use classi-fication system developed...
... livestock feeding and sustainableland use in Vietnam Australian Personnel Assoc. Prof. H.M. Sheltonssoc; Dr R.C. Gutteridge; Dr B.F. Mullen Australian Institution School of Land and Food Sciences, ... very well attended. 3.8 Project Management The management of the project provided by staff of the School of Land and Food Sciences, University of Queensland has been fully satisfactory (4) ... implementation. 1.4 Implementation arrangements The University of Queensland had overall responsibility for project management. In Vietnam, VNU was the lead agency and had direct responsibility...