The role of land degradation in the agriculture and environment nexus

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue 9783540724377, 2007, Pages 267-283

  Tengberg, Anna ^a   Torheim, Svanhild Isabelle Batta ^b  

^a Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^b Development Fund   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCE; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENTS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITIES; LAND USE CHANGE ANALYSIS; MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENTS; SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84870575361     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72438-4_14     Document Type: Article

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