Ruraal landgebruik en waardeconflicten

Het Milieu- en Natuurplanbureau wil voor landschap een monitorsysteem gaan opbouwen. In dit rapport staat de vraag centraal, of beschikbare landsdekkende bestanden gebruikt kunnen worden, ter vervanging van veldwaarnemingen en luchtfoto's

Dit rapport vormt een naslagwerk bij de Natuurbalans 2006. Het geeft een overzicht van de gegevens die het LEI in opdracht van het Milieu- en Natuurplanbureau ten behoeve van de Natuurbalans 2006 heeft geïnventariseerd en geanalyseerd. De aandacht gaat daarbij uit naar veranderingen in het landschap tussen 1990 en 2005, met een focus op de dynamiek in grondgebruik en grondgebruikers in het landelijk gebied in de afgelopen 15 jaar. Trefwoorden: landschap, ruimtegebruik, dragers landelijk gebied, ontwikkelingen landelijk gebied.

IPCC (2001) indicates that climate change will take place despite the mitigation strategies that are going to be implemented. This calls for adaptation strategies in order to reduce the vulnerability to climate change. The aim of this project was to make a policy assessment to contribute to a more thorough understanding of the adaptation options, their costs and benefits and the policy conclusions that could be attached to the results.

Voor de Natuurbalans 2005 heeft het Milieu- en Natuurplanbureau analyses verricht van veranderingen in het ruimtegebruik en het effect daarvan op de kwaliteit van het landschap. Verstedelijking speelt daar een belangrijke rol in. Tevens neemt men verstening waar in het landelijk gebied: landbouwbedrijven krijgen een meer industrieel karakter met grote schuren en silo's

Pressures on the natural resources, especially land and water, continue to increase as a result of an ever-increasing world population and continuing economic growth. These pressures originate from the many claims of stakeholders at different scales on the limited resources, and are aggravated by their different and often conflicting goals.

This bulletin is issued by FAO as a medium for the dissemination of information and views on land reform and related subjects to the United Nations, FAO Member Governments and national and international experts and institutions. Articles are published in the original language (English, French or Spanish).

This issue of Land Reform, Land Settlement and Cooperatives offers the reader a series of articles and information and examones the importance of land tenure data and databases and their roles in their host societies. The volume represents rich set of articles specific for many regions and countries. The data presented is crucial for decison and policy making inthe fields of economic development, food security and environmental sustainability,

The conference reviewed the current state-of-knowledge of dryland ecosystems; it identified important knowledge gaps for defining future paths of research into drylands; and it commemorated fifty years of dryland research in the UN system in the context of the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. The conference - in a cross-cutting manner - also addressed issues related to research and science needed for dryland conservation, policy options for sustainable dryland development, and necessary interventions and

The Government of Namibia has identi ed land degradation as a serious problem which demands remedial intervention, and recognizes that integrated ecosystem management strategies are needed to e ectively address the underlying causes.The goal of the Country Pilot Partnership for Integrated Sustainable Land Management (CPP-ISLM) is to work towards combating land degradation by using integrated cross-sectoral approaches, which would enable Namibia to ensure environmental sustainability as well as the protection of dry land ecosystems and their functions.

On the occasion of the International Year of Mountains-2002, FAO and its partners undertook a large-scale assessment and global review of the current status and future trends of integrated and participatory watershed management. The overall objectives were to promote the exchange and dissemination of experiences in implementing watershed management projects in the decade from 1990 to 2000 and to identify the vision for a new generation of watershed management programmes and projects.