International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2017

Addresses key topics
Offers an indispensible tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field

Includes an open access chapter

Addresses key topics Offers an indispensible tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field Includes an open access chapter

Zusammenfassung
Addresses key topics
Offers an indispensible tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field

Includes an open access chapter

Inhalt
Part I: Words of Welcome: Greetings by Monique Barbut.- Part II: Soil and Sustainable Agriculture: Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture: Impacts on Sustainable Soil Management by Bob Rees.- Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management: Global Action for Healthy Soils by Rainer Baritz.-Soil Degradation through Agriculture in China: Its Extent, Impacts and Implications for Environmental Law Reform by Bob Zhao.- Soil Legislation and Policy in the Kyrgyz Republic on the Development of the Law On Soil Fertility Protection of Agricultural Lands by Maksatbek Anarbaev.- Current Status and Improvement of Institutional Base of Solving Soil Degradation and Low Agricultural Productivity Problems in Tajikistan by Murod Juraievich Ergashev and Islomkhudzha Ahmadovich limov.- Governance of Pastoral Lands by Ian Hannam.- Uncertainty of Land Tenure and the Effects on Sustainability of Agriculture in the United States byJesse Richardson.- Soil Data Needs for Sustainable Agriculture by Luca Montanarella and Panos Panagos.- Import Regulations and Certification as a Means to Enforce Sustainable Agriculture Abroad by Andrea Schmeichel.- Part III: Recent Developments of Soil Regulation at International Level: Implementing Land Degradation Neutrality (SDG 15.3) at National Level: General Approach, Indicator Selection and Experiences from Germany by Stephanie Wunder, Timo Kaphengst and Ana Frelih-Larsen.- Part IV: National and Regional Soil Legislation: Reform of the Icelandic Soil Conservation Law by Birkir Snær Fannarsson, Björn Helgi Barkarson, Jón Geir Pétursson and Sigríður Svana Helgadóttir.- Greek Soil Law by Natalia Charalampidou.- The French Law and Biodiversity and the Protection of Soils by Maylis Desrousseaux.- Implementing Land Degradation Neutrality at National Level: Legal Instruments in Germany by Ralph Bodle.- The Community Consultation in the Scope of the Land Management in Mozambique by Eduardo Chiziane.- Who Owns Soil Carbon in Communal Lands? An Assessment of a Unique Property Right in Kenya by Nelly Kamunde.- The Use of Property Law Tools for Soil Protection by Jessica Owley.- Thrifty Land Use by Spatial Planning Law - Considering the Swiss Concept by Yvonne Franßen.- The Soil Conservation Protocol of the Alpine Convention Why Was the Adoption Possible? by Sebastian Schmid.- Part V: Cross-Cutting Topics: Soil Health, Sustainable Land Management and Land Degradation in Africa: Legal Options on the Need for a Specific African Soil Convention or Protocol by Robert Kibugi.- International Forest Regulation: Model for International Soil Governance by Anja Eikermann.- The Sustainable Management of Soils as a Common Concern of Humankind: How to Implement It? by Harald Ginzky.- Development of Soil Awareness in Europe and Other Regions Historical and Ethical Reflections about European (& International) Soil Protection Law by Irene Heuser.- INSPIRATION: Stakeholder Perspectives on Future Research Needs in Soil, Land Use and Land Management Towards a Strategic Research Agenda for Europe by Detlef Grimski, Franz Makeschin, Frank Glante and Stephan Bartke.