Approaches to landcare - A century of soil conservation in Iceland

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-125

  Arnalds, Andres ^a  

^a Soil Conservation Service   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Approaches in soil conservation; Carbon sequestration; Conservation policies; Desertification; Iceland; Incentives; Landcare; Revegetation; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; PUBLIC POLICY; SAND; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDCARE; SHEEP PRODUCTION;

LAND USE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DESERTIFICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 17244380459     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.665     Document Type: Article

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