Land and Water Digital Media Series
Integrated Planning for Sustainable Management of Land Resources
FAO, Land and Water Digital Media Series n°8,
December 1999,
ISBN 92-5-104367-1
Price: US$40.
This CD-ROM provides the user with a variety of selected documents related to integrated
planning for sustainable management of land resources published by FAO and GTZ. A
video about the GTZ-supported PATECORE project in Burkina Faso illustrates possible
ways how to implement planned activities in the field of land resources management.
The selection comprises about 30 basic documents, case studies, working papers, workshop
proceedings and other related publications on integrated land use planning of both
organizations. It illustrates efforts to develop an improved planning approach to meet the
demands of Agenda 21, the document of the United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1992.
BACKGROUND
Continuing land degradation and increasing numbers of people living in poverty are among
the symptoms of the current pressure on land resources. To date, the world’s response to
the dual challenges of satisfying human needs while maintaining the integrity of global
ecosystems has been less than successful. The lack of an integrated planning framework
for land has historically been compounded by poor management strategies, by the failure to
identify stakeholders and involve and empower them in the planning and management
process and by weak institutional structures.
These problems were clearly recognized during the UNCED. In Agenda 21, UNCED
proposed a number of policy and strategy measures which include integration of bio-physical,
social and economic issues, the active participation of local communities and the
strengthening of institutions in order to achieve the objectives of sustainable development.
Several international and bilateral organizations such as FAO and GTZ have been developing
and disseminating improved approaches to land resources conservation and development.
The approaches are different in details but both centered on the concept of stakeholders
and their objectives, and the role of the government in creating conditions within which rural people can use their land resources productively and sustainably. Integration of grass roots participation with systematic procedures for evaluation of resources and of planning is the key to the approaches, and necessary factors for its success.
Installation and use
The document files on this CD-ROM are exclusively in .pdf. As portable document format
files they have the advantage of being high-resolution documents which can easily be
viewed, searched and printed out to their original quality on different hardware platforms
using the Acrobat Reader software.
Invoking the user menu
l Open Windows Explorer
l Select the drive designation of the CD-ROM device (d: in most cases).
l Double click on the file start.pdf.
l Select one of the menu options by clicking on the text.
System requirements:
PENTIUM PC with Windows 95/98/NT and Acrobat Reader 4.0 (on CD-ROM)
To purchase the CD please send your order to:
Please address questions regarding technical aspects of the programs and any suggestions for improvement to:
Director, Land and Water Development Division
E-mail: publications-sales@fao.org
