SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN ASIA INTRODUCING THE LANDSCAPE APPROACH
William Critchley and Frank Radstake
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/RPT178638-2
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Asian Development Bank.
Sustainable land management in Asia: Introducing the landscape approach.
Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2017.
1. Agrobiodiversity. 2. Climate-smart agriculture. 3. Cross-slope barrier. 4. Forest management. 5. Landscape management technology. I. Asian Development Bank.
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Contents
Figures and Boxes |
Foreword |
Acknowledgments |
Abbreviations |
Glossary of Terms |
1. Introduction: Addressing Renewed Challenges |
Historical Progress: But Problems Persist |
Green Growth: Facing Current Challenges |
2. Changing Perspectives: Paths Leading to a New Approach in Land Management |
Controlling Land Degradation: From Soil Conservation to Sustainable Land Management |
Ecosystems and Their Services: Working with Nature |
Agrobiodiversity: From Monocrops to Agro-Ecosystems |
Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation: The New from the Old |
Economics of Land Degradation: Cost Not Relevant? |
Agroforestry: From Farming in the Forest to Forestry in the Farm |
Water: Land Decisions Are Water Decisions |
Climate Change, Land, and Carbon: Pool, Sink, and Source |
REDD+: Money Growing on Trees? |
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Making Production Climate-Friendly |
3. The Landscape Approach: Returns and Resilience at Scale |
Landscapes: Integration of Production Systems and Conservation |
Development Consideration: Time and Scale Perspectives |
Sustainable Agriculture: Working with Ecosystems |
4. Designing Lasting Solutions: Sustainable Land Management |
Land Management: Evolving Approaches |
Assessing Technologies: The TEES-Test |
5. Technologies for Managing the Landscape: From Hilltop to Homestead |
Participatory Forest Management: Handing Back the Jungle to the People |
Cross-Slope Barriers: Contour Belts |
Conservation Agriculture: Three Pillars of Soil Health |
Homegardens: Mixing and MatchingIntegrating and Intensifying |
6. Implications for Investment Opportunities: Investing in a Greener Landscape |
National Level |
International Support |
References |
Figures and Boxes
Figures
1 | Status of Global Land Degradation, 2010 |
2 | Cross-Sectional View of Bench Terraces |
Boxes
1 | Ecosystem Services |
2 | The TEES-Test |
3 | Upscaling Conservation Agriculture in Shaanxi Province, Peoples Republic of China |
Foreword
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been at the forefront in supporting developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific to improve agricultural production, protect ecological resources, combat desertification, improve water resources management, and alleviate poverty. While member countries have applied different approaches, and demonstrated a variety of investment priorities, the overall objective has always been to ensure that lands are used in a sustainable manner.
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