... 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...
... however awareness of IS in project management and the interrelation between IS and M&E is inadequate causing ineffectiveness of M&E, and making delays in project management. This is also ... and how resources are allocated for project implementationGeneral regulations on ODA project M&EODA project is the official development assistance project which is under the development ... effectiveness of M&E is the support of Information System (IS). In project management, M&E plays a determined role to success of project. It is highly required to consistently and effectively...
... community based ecotourism. 6. PROJECT EXTENSIONAchievements, Current Status and Issuesa. " ;Sustainable Tourism Project Phase II (Technical Assistance for Sustainable Tourism)"ã Achievements: ... Concept 17 Assessment of Benefits/Outcomes 176. Project Extension 19 a. " ;Sustainable Tourism Project Phase II (Technical Assistance for Sustainable Tourism)"19 Assessment of Benefits/Outcomes ... activities. The project team was charged with identifying priorities and key issues for Vietnam with respect to sustainable tourism, and then designing project activities Netherlands Embassy...
... 4. CONCLUSION Some past rural development projects concerning water management in the Mekong River Delta are evaluated as non -sustainable. Some projects only considered the single objectives ... 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 ... affected. Some going- on industrial projects have caused pollution of freshwater, intrusion of salinity, water logging of agricultural land, destruction of wetlands and loss of biodiversity in...
... 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 ... for training sessions in sustainable forest management Information in this guide can be used to inform strategic planning, policy and legislative development, and project design. It can also ... thousand to about 100,000 trees a year and is being incorporated into forest landscape restoration projects (IUCN 2008). The project is expected to grow to include 150,000 farmers in Ghana, Tanzania,...