Global governance of soil resources as a necessary condition for sustainable development

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 559-564

  Montanarella, Luca ^a   Vargas, Ronald ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84869176993     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.06.007     Document Type: Review

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