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This report by the Committee on Climate Change assesses the role of land use change in meeting climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives. Th...
Read moreAs cities around the world rapidly expand, there is an urgent need to implement the best development form to minimize the negative impacts of urbaniza...
Read moreThe role of land cover change as a significant component of global change has become increasingly recognized in recent decades. Large databases measur...
Read moreVoluntary retirement of cropland under the USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides numerous benefits related to soil erosion, water quality...
Read moreThe United States has a total land area of about 2.3 billion acres. In 2012, the major land uses were grassland pasture and rangeland at 655 million a...
Read moreThe Chobe District Integrated Land Use Plan is a framework plan: it sets the boundary conditions for more detailed plans, such as the tourism manageme...
Read moreAn account based on the report prepared in 1959-61 by Hunting Technical Services Ltd. for the West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority in c...
Read moreTwo solutions, at opposite ends of a continuum, have been proposed to limit negative impacts of human agricultural demand on biodiversity. Under land ...
Read moreQuantitative and up-to-date information on ecosystem characteristics and land health constraints are needed to understand land degradation trends and ...
Read morePresent land use in China is described. Problems include: desertification; erosion; salinization; underdeveloped land; and mining dereliction. Remedia...
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