Land degradation means a loss of management options

SAFEGROUNDS Guide to the comparison of contaminated land management options

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Land Degradation

An overview of the Geospatial Methodologies used in order to assess the Soil Erosion Risk by water. 1.2 The damages on Land are traduced in " Soil Erosion " , " Soil Degradation " and/or " Ecosystem Decline " .. Introduction The Soils constitute one of the most important of the world's natural resources. Life on earth is totally dependent on well management of soils (Agurgo, 1996). Into of the ...

Agricultural land management options following large-scale environmental contamination.

The recent events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Japan, have raised questions about the accumulation of radionuclides in soils, the transfer in the food chain, and the possibility for restricted land use in the foreseeable future. This article summarizes what is generally understood about the application of agricultural countermeasures as a land management option to reduce the...

Technical Options for Sustainable Land and Water Management

Analyzing the Economic Costs of Land Degradation and the Benefits of Sustainable Land Management

provides guidance on the application of environmental economics, and specifically the analysis and valuation of ecosystem services, to analyze the costs of land degradation and the benefits of sustainable land management. The Toolkit is intended to assist technicians and decision makers in their analysis of land degradation and land management policy options. The Toolkit has been prepared in pa...