Integrating environment into agriculture and forestry : progress and prospects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia / William R. Sutton ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 4561342
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Washington, DC : World Bank, c2008
- xx, 67 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- ISBN:
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- 9780821377437
- 0821377434
- Summary:
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"In the transition countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, environmental considerations are lagging behind other factors in the agriculture and forestry sectors. The cost of increasing soil salinity in one country is estimated at
"According to a World Bank study, this critical need has arisen from inadequate policy incentives, insufficient human and institutional capacities, and lack of funding,7Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry: Progress and Prospects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia presents 10 recommendations for local and international stakeholders on how to address these problems. Among the recommendations are the need to advance to full-scale implementation of strategic documents,the imperative of using economic cost-benefit analysis as a basis for decision making, and the urgency of scaling up successful pilot projects. Included with the book is a CD containing a compilation of 21 in-depth reviews of environmental integration in agriculture and forestry in Eastern European and Central Asian countries."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Integrating environment into agriculture and forestry
- Agriculture and forestry have major impacts on the environment
- Focusing on the East and on agriculture
- Improving awareness of sustainability issues in agriculture and forestry
- Building capacity for implementation
- Increasing incentives for implementation
- Building on success
- Meeting the challenges ahead.
- Notes:
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- "Europe and Central Asia Region Sustainable Development Department."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-67)
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- Copyright:
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