On solid ground : science, technology and integrated land management / Panel on Integrated Land Management, United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Published
Ottawa, ON, Canada : International Development Research Centre, [1997]
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Need for Science and Technology in Land Management; Chapter 1. Challenges and Opportunities for Integrated Land Management; Chapter 2. Contributions of Science and Technology to Integrated Land Management; Chapter 3. Constraints on Integrated Land Management; Chapter 4. Conclusions and Recommendations: Approaches to Technology Transfer and Capacity-building; Appendix 1. The Panel on Integrated Land Management; Appendix 2. Applying Science and Technology in Integrated Land Management; Appendix 3. Acronyms and Abbreviations
Summary
On Solid Ground describes how the tools of science and technology can be used to find solutions to global land management problems. The key is "integrated land management", which draws on the knowledge derived from the physical and social sciences and blends it with the wisdom of local communities, indigenous peoples, women, and others whose survival strategies have been based on a close connection to their mother Earth. The strength of this approach lies in the way it brings together solutions to human, economic, and environmental problems
Notes
Co-published by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
