Drafting Legislation for Sustainable Soils: A GuideThis is a unique publication relating to legal frameworks of natural resources management. Following the "Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Sustainable Soils" (EPLP 45), this publication contributes to the revision of existing, and drafting of new, legislation relating to soils. It highlights the need for national soil policy, and sets out a soil management plan. It proposes legal and institutional elements that specifically address the needs of disadvantaged people, particularly women. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 21 |
Section 3 | 29 |
Section 4 | 37 |
Section 5 | 47 |
Section 6 | 81 |
Section 7 | 91 |
Section 8 | 95 |
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achieve the sustainable administrative agriculture Australia biodiversity Biological Diversity Convention date of adoption Desertification disadvantaged ecological integrity ecological soil standards EMUT enforcement ensure entry into force environmental impact assessment existing or potentially functions global Guide Hannam with Boer human Hurni and Meyer implementation Indigenous institutional elements institutional frameworks integrity of soil International Environmental Law IUCN Land Degradation land management land users legal and institutional legal instrument monitoring national soil legislation Natural Resources particular Place of adoption plan of management potentially threatening process Principle procedures in soil programs protection and management relevant resource management responsibilities Rio Declaration role soil authority soil biodiversity soil conservation agreement soil degradation soil ecological communities soil environment soil environmental impact soil planning soil policies soil resources soil science soil strategy specific Summit on Sustainable Sustainable Development technologies Transboundary UNEP United Nations Water Conservation World Conservation Union World Summit