International yearbook of soil law and policy 2017. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Harald Ginzky, Elizabeth Dooley, Irene L. Heuser, Till Markus, Tinbao Qin, editors.
• Editors: Ginzky, Harald; Dooley, Elizabeth; Heuser, Irene L; Markus, Till; Qin, Tianbao, 1975-
• Contents: PART I. GREETINGS -- Greetings / Monique Barbut -- PART II. THE THEME : SOIL AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE -- Sustainable intensification of agriculture : impacts on sustainable soil management / Robert Martin Rees, Bryan S. Griffiths, and Alistair McVittie -- Voluntary guidelines for sustainable soil management : global action for healthy soils / Rainer Baritz, Liesl Wiese, Isabelle Verbeke, and Ronald Vargas -- Soil degradation through agriculture in China : its extent, impacts and implications for environmental law reform / Xiaobo Zhao -- Soil legislation and policy in the Kyrgyz Republic on the development of the law "on soil fertility protection of agricultural lands" / Maksatbek Anarbaev -- Current status and improvement of institutional base of solving soil degradation and low agricultural productivity problems in Tajikistan / Murod Juraievich Ergashev and Islomkhudzha Ahmadovich Olimov -- Governance of pastoral lands / Ian Hannam -- Uncertainty of land tenure and the effects on sustainability of agriculture in the United States / Jesse J. Richardson -- Soil data needs for sustainable agriculture / Luca Montanarella and Panos Panagos -- Import regulations and certification as a means to enforce sustainable agriculture abroad / Andrea Schmeichel -- PART III. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF SOIL REGULATION AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL -- Implementing land degradation neutrality (SDG 15.3) at national level : general approach, indicator selection and experiences from Germany / Stephanie Wunder, Timo Kaphengst and Ana Frelih-Larsen -- PART IV. NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SOIL LEGISLATION -- Reform of the Icelandic soil conservation law / Birkir Snær Fannarsson, Björn Helgi Barkarson, Jón Geir Pétursson and Sigríður Svana Helgadóttir -- Greek soil law / Natalia Charalampidou -- The French law and biodiversity and the protection of soils / Maylis Desrousseaux -- Implementing land degradation neutrality at national level : legal instruments in Germany / Ralph Bodle -- The community consultation in the scope of the land management in Mozambique / Eduardo Chiziane -- Who owns soil carbon in communal lands? : an assessment of a unique property right in Kenya / Nelly Kamunde-Aquino -- The use of property law tools for soil protection / Jessica Owley -- Thrifty land use by spatial planning law : considering the Swiss concept / Yvonne Franßen -- The soil conservation protocol of the Alpine convention : why was the adoption possible? / Sebastian Schmid -- PART V. CROSS-CUTTING TOPICS -- Soil health, sustainable land management and land degradation in Africa : legal options on the need for a specific African soil convention or protocol / Robert Kibugi -- International forest regulation : model for international soil governance / Anja Eikermann -- The sustainable management of soils as a common concern of humankind : how to implement it? / Harald Ginzky -- Development of soil awareness in Europe and other regions : historical and ethical reflections about European (& international) soil protection law / Irene Heuser -- Inspiration : stakeholder perspectives on future research needs in soil, land use and land management : towards a strategic research agenda for Europe / Detlef Grimski, Franz Makeschin, Frank Glante and Stephan Bartke.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 354.3/434; Law; Soil conservation -- Law and legislation; Natural areas -- Law and legislation; Conservation of natural resources -- Law and legislation; Soil conservation; Environmental economics; Environmental law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration; Conservation of natural resources -- Law and legislation; Natural areas -- Law and legislation; Soil conservation -- Law and legislation; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Law -- International; Law -- Environmental; Soil science, sedimentology; Environmental economics; International law; Human rights; Environment law; International environmental law; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319688855; 3319688855
• Related ISBNs: 9783319688848; 3319688847
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January, 08, 2018).
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