World Reference Base for Soil Resources, 2006

World Reference Base for Soil Resources, 2006

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Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9789251055113

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This publication is a revised and updated version of World Soil Resources Reports No. 84, a technical manual for soil scientists and correlators, designed to facilitate the exchange of information and experience related to soil resources, their use and management. The document provides a framework for international soil classification and an agreed common scientific language to enhance communication across disciplines using soil information. It contains definitions and diagnostic criteria to recognize soil horizons, properties and materials and gives rules and guidelines for classifying and subdividing soil reference groups. Published also in Spanish and Arabic.


Land Resources Information Systems in the Near East

Land Resources Information Systems in the Near East

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Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9789251048603

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Countries of the Near East vary in the type, quantity and format of the inventories of their land resources. Quite often, these data are sporadic, incomplete, out of date or based on diverse systems of land and soil classification and mapping. There is a need for the establishment of a user-friendly database on land and water Resources for each country, to be easily available at the desktop of land use planners and decision makers. Land resources information systems experiences in the countries are presented in this document, as well as recommendations for future collaboration in database development, reporting and exchange of information, expertise and experiences in land and water management in the region and the implementation of regional projects.


Land Resources Information Systems in the Caribbean

Land Resources Information Systems in the Caribbean

Author: R. Brinkman

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9789251046241

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This document contains the proceedings of the Subregional Workshop on Land and Water Information Systems (LWRIS) in the Caribbean, held in Barbados in October 2000. The meeting was organized by FAO Land and Water Development Division (AGL), in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural and Research Development Institute. LWRIS experiences in the countries are presented as well as recommendations for future collaboration in database development, reporting and exchange of information, expertise and experience in land and water management in the region and the implementation of regional projects. This includes the preparation of national and regional reports on the state of land, water and plant nutrient resources in the Caribbean for dissemination through the Caribbean Land and Water Resources Network (CLAWRENET) Web site that is linked to Web sites in the countries and with the AGL Web site.


Soil Survey

Soil Survey

Author: J. Alfred Zinck

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9789251036624

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Land Resources Information Systems in Asia

Land Resources Information Systems in Asia

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9789251045169

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This document contains the proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Ladn Resources Information Systems (LRIS) in Asia, held in Quezon City in January 2000. LRIS experiences in the countries are [presented, along with recommendations for future reporting and exhange of information, data expertise in land resources information. This includes the preparation of national and subregional reports on the state of land, water and plant nutrient resources in Asian countries.


Carbon Sequestration Options Under the Clean Development Mechanism to Address Land Degradation

Carbon Sequestration Options Under the Clean Development Mechanism to Address Land Degradation

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9789251045152

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Carbon sequestration can be defined as the capture and secure storage of carbon that would otherwise be emitted to or remain in the atmosphere. This publication contains the results of a study on the origin and background of the carbon sequestration options and the Clean Development Mechanism. The attitude and position of the key countries involved in international environmental treaties is examined, as well as the various initiatives that have been taken and the legal bases for such initiatives. [FAO website]


Prevention of Land Degradation, Enhancement of Carbon Sequestration and Conservation of Biodiversity Through Land Use Change and Sustainable Land Management with a Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean

Prevention of Land Degradation, Enhancement of Carbon Sequestration and Conservation of Biodiversity Through Land Use Change and Sustainable Land Management with a Focus on Latin America and the Caribbean

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9789251043592

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The objective of IFAD/FAO consultation was to bring together experts in order to review the state-of-the-art knowledge in carbon sequestration for the land management programmes IFAD and FAO in Latin America and the Caribbean. The main objectives addressed were: how to stabilize the atmospheric concentration of CO2; how to increase agricultural productivity and reduce rural poverty; in view of the Global Mechanism for Desertification Convention, how to activiate the flow of new funds for the benefit of Convention implementation through carbon sequestration, i.e. its binding and neutralisation. It is believed that carbon stock in soils is either stable or increasing and that it is was a major source of global carbon emission, a major cause of global climate change