Resilience-building planning in drylands requires a participatory, integrated approach that incorporates issues of scale (often large scale) and the interconnectedness of dryland ecological and social systems. In an often political environment that supports small, “manageable” administrative units and the decentralisation of power and resources to them, planning at large scale is particularly challenging; development agents in particular may find it difficult to work across administrative boundaries and/or collaboratively.

Soils are an essential and non-renewable natural resource hosting goods and services vital to ecosystems

Ecosystem services are substantial elements for human society. The central challenge to meet the human needs from ecosystems while sustain the Earth’s life support systems makes it urgent to enhance efficient natural resource management for sustainable ecological and socioeconomic development. Trade-off analysis of ecosystem services can

Land Economics/Use,

La presente Resolución aprueba el Reglamento para la delimitación y mantenimiento de fajas marginales de los cauces de agua naturales o artificiales, que tiene por objeto establecer las metodologías y criterios aplicables para la delimitación de las fajas marginales de los cauces de agua naturales o artificiales.

El presente Decreto Supremo aprueba el Reglamento de Acondicionamiento Territorial y Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible, que tiene por objeto regular los procedimientos técnicos que siguen los Gobiernos Locales a nivel nacional, en el ejercicio de sus competencias en materia de planeamiento y gestión del suelo, de acondicionamiento territorial y de desarrollo urbano de sus circunscripciones, a fin de garantizar: 1) La ocupación racional y sostenible de los centros poblados urbanos y rurales; 2) La armonía entre el ejercicio del derecho de propiedad predial y el interés público; 3) La reducción de

La presente Ley tiene por objeto establecer las acciones, normas, y procedimientos para el manejo del fuego, prevención y lucha contra incendios, en áreas rurales y forestales e interface (donde se conjugan parte rural e infraestructura) en el ámbito del territorio de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. La Ley asimismo define las competencias de los Municipios (tales como elaborar los Planes Locales de Prevención contra incendios Forestales o Rurales) y crea el Fondo de Prevención y Lucha contra Incendios en Áreas Forestales y/o Rurales.

Дана экологическая оценка деградированных карбонатных сероземно-луговых почв Жамбылской области Казахстана.  На основе лабораторных исследований и по данным почвенно-экологических условий установлен высокий уровень деградации почв по степени их засоления. Для количественной оценки деградационных процессов рассматриваемых почв были определены экологические коэффициенты, характеризующие уровень опасности в расчетном слое почвы.

In recent years, numerous articles have addressed management strategies aimed at assisting forests to adapt to climate change. However, these seldom take into account the practical and economic implications of implementing these strategies, notably, supply of forest plants and seed.

One of the main causes of tropical forest loss is conversion to agriculture, which is constantly increasing as a dominant land cover in the tropics. The loss of forests greatly affects biodiversity and ecosystem services. This paper assesses the economic return from increasing tree cover in agricultural landscapes in two tropical locations, West Java, Indonesia and eastern Bangladesh. Agroforestry systems are compared with subsistence seasonal food-crop-based agricultural systems.

Recent forecasts show a need to increase agricultural production globally by 60% from 2005 to 2050, in order to meet a rising demand from a growing population. This poses challenges for scientists and policy makers to formulate solutions on how to increase food production and simultaneously meet environmental targets such as the conservation and protection of water, the conservation of biodiversity, and the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.

As the global population continues to increase, rural areas are expected to accommodate future growth at the same time as continuing to feed growing populations. This tension is greatest on those who farm land that is earmarked for future urban growth. Yet, little is known about the attitudes and values of the affected rural farming communities or farmers’ perceptions of the challenges and opportunities that population growth presents.