EDITORS:
A. Kutter and C.L. Neely
CONTRIBUTORS:
J. Antoine, R. Brinkman, A. Cambule, M. Coetzee, D. Dent, J.M. Faures, S.N. Kabi, P. Koohafkan, C. Leutner, J. Lindsay, I. Mandevu, G. Mogoane, F.O. Nachtergaele, H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo, R. Penny, M.F. Purnell, D. Radcliffe, A. Remmelzwaal, J. Riddel, D. Sims, W. Verheye, J.D. Vilakati, W. Zimmermann
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT:
FAO (Document and CD-ROM)
UNEP (Financial Support)
GTZ (CD-ROM)
COVER PHOTO:
Traditional rice terraces in Bali, courtesy of Hanspeter Liniger, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Berne, Switzerland
PHOTO CREDITS:
footer: FAO / 1996 / R. Faidutti
page 5: FAO / 1993 / A. Odoul
page 24: FAO / 1995 / G. Bizzarri
page 27: FAO / 1994 / A. Conti
page 33: FAO / 1996 / P. Lowrey
page 49: FAO / 1974 / F. Botts
page 51: FAO / 1991 / S. Jayaraj
page 61: FAO / 1986 / J. Hartley
page 68: FAO / 1993 / G. Bizzarri
DESIGN & LAYOUT:
Simone Morini, Rome
AEZ |
Agro-Ecological Zoning |
ALES |
Automated Land Evaluation System |
CAG |
Civic Action Group |
CSD |
Commission for Sustainable Development |
CYSLAMB |
Crop Yield Simulation and Land Assessment Model for Botswana |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
GIS |
Goegraphic Information System |
GO |
Government Organization |
GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Technische Zusammenarbeit |
IIED |
International Institute for Environment and Development |
ILRM |
Integrated Land Resources Management |
IPSMLR |
Integrated Approach to Planning for Sustainable Management of Land Resources |
LRMG |
Land Resources Management Group |
LMU |
Land Management Unit |
LUD |
Land Use Database |
LUP |
Land Use Planning |
LUT |
Land Utilization Type |
M&E |
Monitoring and Evaluation |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
PRA |
Participatory Rural Appraisal |
RRA |
Rapid Rural Appraisal |
SARD |
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development |
SDBM |
Multilingual Soil Database |
SEAGA |
Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis |
SOTER |
Global and National Soils and Terrain Database |
UNCBD |
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity |
UNCCD |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
WB |
World Bank |