Economic growth in China is accompanied by many problems, such as rapid deterioration of the environment and a sharp decline in the area of arable land. China’s current land-use planning system fails to deal with these problems, especially at the regional level. The lack of sustainable spatial allocation at regional level has become a pressing problem. This article aims to: (1) analyze the reas...

Along with the rapid development of the Yellow River delta’s economy, the contradiction between population, environment, and resource is highlighted, the land problem has more and more influence to the human survival, and the sustainable use of the land becomes necessary for the coordination and getting along with the human and the natural environment. Based on the land information, we analysis...

In 1995, the Philippines officially adopted Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) as its strategy for sustainable forest management in recognition of the urgent need to put “social fences” in open access forests and forest lands. CBFM was conceptualized to partly respond to the issue of the state as being the biggest “absentee landlord” by recognizing de-facto resource management of communit...

Current land administration systems are the product of 19th century economic and land market paradigms and have failed to properly support sustainable development. The need for urgent reform is accepted, but the way forward unclear in many jurisdictions. This paper will discuss current international initiatives and research to develop a new land administration vision to promote sustainable deve...

Land degradation by soil erosion and landslides has been recognised as a constraint for sustainable land-use in Eastern Bhutan for a few decades. However, the extreme diversity in agro-ecological zones, the relative inaccessibility of the region, the lack of reliable data and the limited research capacity made it very difficult to develop a relevant land management strategy. To address this iss...

sustainable management of limited land and water resources is urgently needed to meet the increasing demand for food and to protect the environment. land suitability analysis is a prerequisite in assessing and proposing sustainable land use alternatives for an area. soil data are usually available at different levels of detail and stored in various forms, usually soil maps and/or soil observati...

ecological capability evaluation and landuse planning can determine the best landuses and are important for the proper planning and sustainable development. there are various methods for ecological capability evaluation. in this research have been studied two methods (land use planning method with makhdoom ecological modsels) and (geomorphology method) for ecological capability evaluation in ne...

BACKGROUND Southeast Asian deforestation rates are among the world's highest and threaten to drive many forest-dependent species to extinction. Climate change is expected to interact with deforestation to amplify this risk. Here we examine whether regional incentives for sustainable forest management will be effective in improving threatened mammal conservation, in isolation and when combined w...

Germany has made the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) since its creation an instrument of choice for its policy to combat desertification and drought and for sustainable management of land. More then ten years after the Convention has entered into force in 1996, Germany continues to view it as a key reference point and strategic instrument of its development cooperation.

Phosphorus (P) and suspended sediment (SS) play a pivotal role in influencing water quality and biodiversity and, as a result, controlling the transfer of these important diffuse pollutants from land to water, represents a priority task for catchment managers and stakeholders (Kronvang et al., 2005a). This review briefly summarises the environmental and legislative context regarding phosphorus ...