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Guiding Principles for the Quantitative Assessment of Soil Degradation

Guidelines for a Methodological Approach

Proceedings of the International Symposium held in Tehran, Iran 12-15 October 1998 http://www.unu.edu/env/workshops/iran-1/index.htm

Stap Workshop On "Environmental Assessment for Achieving GEF Impact "Draft Terms of Reference Second GEF Assembly, Beijing 17 October, 2002. Info ...

The Visual Soil - Field Assessment Tool (VS-Fast) methodology
Guidelines and application of VS-Fast in China

 

Brochure

Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands - LADA, 2003 (E F S)

Soil Bulletins #

(39) Salt-affected soils and their management, 1988 (Ar E)
(44) Watershed development with special reference to soil and water conservation, 1979 (C* E F S*)
(45) Organic materials and soil productivity in the Near East, 1982 (E with Arabic summary)
(57) Soil and water conservation in semi-arid areas, 1987 (C E F)
(69) Soil tillage in Africa: needs and challenges, 1993 (E)
(70) Land husbandry: components and strategy, 1996 (E F)
(71) Tillage systems in the tropics: management options and sustainability implications, 1995 (E)
(72) Sustainable dryland cropping in relation to soil productivity, 1995 (E)
(75) New concepts and approaches to land management in the tropics with emphasis on steeplands, 1999 (E S)
(76) Land and crop management in the hilly terrains of Central America: lessons learned and farmer-to-farmer transfer of technologies, 1999 (E S)
(77) Soil management and conservation for small farms: strategies and methods of introduction, technologies and equipment, 2000 (E S)
(78) Conservation agriculture - case studies in Latin America and Africa, 2001 (E)

Land and water Bulletins #

(5) Land quality indicators and their use in sustainable agriculture and rural development, 1997 (E S)
(6) Long-term scenarios of livestock-crop-land use interactions in developing countries, 1997 (E)
(7) Land and water resources information systems, 1998 (E)
(8) Manual on integrated soil management and conservation practices, 2000 (E S F)

Miscellaneous papers #

(27) Guidelines and Reference Material on Integrated Soil and Nutrient Management and Conservation for Farmer Field Schools. 2000.
(30) Guidelines for Participatory Diagnosis of Constraints and Opportunities for Soil and Plant Nutrient Management. 2000
(31) Soil and nutrient management in sub-Saharan Africa in support of the soil fertility initiative. 2001
(34) Guidelines for the qualitative assessment of land resources and degradation. 2001
(36) Guiding Principles for the Quantitative Assessment of Soil Degradation

 

World Soil Resources Reports #

(82) Potential for forage legumes of land in West Africa, 1995.
(84) Soil Fertility Initiative for sub-Saharan Africa, 1999.
(85) Prevention of land degradation, enhancement of carbon sequestration and conservation of biodiversity through land use change and sustainable land management with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999.
(86) Land resources information systems for food security in SADC countries, 2000.
(87) Land resource potential and constraints at regional and country levels, 2000.
(88) Carbon sequestration projects under the clean development mechanism to address land degradation, 2000.

 

 

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