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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2013
    Norway

    Land is a natural resource that is valued for many reasons. Farmers utilize land to earn their livelihood and as a store of wealth for future retirement. Rural residents have increasingly sought open space for home sites and pursuit of a lifestyle. Developers seek financial opportunities to invest in and develop land for non-farm uses. For some, land is viewed as an investment and a hedge against inflation. This myriad of demands for land combined with its fixed supply continually alters its market price.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Switzerland, Norway

    There is a strong trend toward reforestation of abandoned grasslands in alpine regions which may impact the carbon balance of alpine ecosystems. Here, we studied the effects of afforestation with Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) on an extensively grazed subalpine pasture in Switzerland on soil organic carbon (SOC) cycling and storage. Along a 120-year long chronosequence with spruce stands of 25, 30, 40, 45, and >120� years and adjacent pastures, we measured tree biomass, SOC stocks down to the bedrock, natural ¹³C abundances, and litter quality.

  3. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2013
    Poland, Latvia

    The aim of this study was to compare the agricultural land market in Poland and in the selected countries of the European Union. The present paper compares the price changes of agricultural land in Poland and the EU. This research contains the information on institutions involved in agricultural land management in the selected EU countries. The paper presents the current state of the Polish market and its prospects for the land. Therefore, the development of the agricultural real estate market in Poland covers the years from 2004 to 2012.

  4. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

    The 2014 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty will take place at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on March 24 - 27, 2014. The theme of the 15th annual conference is "Integrating Land Governance into the Post-2015 Agenda: Harnessing Synergies for Implementation and Monitoring Impact.”

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Latvia, Kazakhstan

    This article deals with the theoretical issues of land resources evaluation, land fund structure, problems and directions of rational use of land resources in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
    
    Authors:
    Dzhulamanov, T., Kazakh National Agrarian Univ., Almaty (Kazakhstan)
    Pentaev, T., Kazakh National Agrarian Univ., Almaty (Kazakhstan) 
    Igembaeva, A., Kazakh National Agrarian Univ., Almaty (Kazakhstan)
    Abaeva, K., Kazakh National Agrarian Univ., Almaty (Kazakhstan)

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2013
    Norway, South America, Northern America, Asia

    This is the rst paper that estimates the global land use change impact of growth of the bioenergy sector. Applying time-series analytical mechanisms to fuel, biofuel and agricultural commodity prices and production, we estimate the long-rung relationship between energy prices, bioenergy production and the global land use change. Our results suggest that rising energy prices and bioenergy production signicantly contribute to the global land use change both through the direct and indirect land use change impact.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Sweden

    Recently, the science and policy agenda on biodiversity moved to include ecosystem services assessments and it is recognised that for determining the effectiveness and progress of policy frameworks monitoring is crucial. Within European monitoring schemes, data is collected following different sampling protocols for a range of biodiversity or context related aspects; from EU-wide general land cover mapping to red list species within Annex I habitats.

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