Response to land degradation

✍ Scribed by Bridges, Michael; Leslie, Robin N

Publisher: Science Publishers
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 535
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: Foreword, Preface and Acknowledgments, Contributors, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Setting the scene, Chapter 3 Driving forces and pressures, Chapter 4 State of the world's land resources, Chapter 5 Impacts on society and the environment, Chapter 6 Tools for monitoring and assessment, Chapter 7 Conservation and rehabilitation, Chapter 8 Institutional innovations, Chapter 9 Law and policy, Chapter 10 International initiatives, Chapter 11 Future responses, Index, The Editors

✦ Subjects

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