strategy
Improving education on land management
Synonyms:
Improving access to modern land resource management techniques Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends that:< (a) all relevant sectors concerned should be trained to deal with land resources in an integrated and sustainable manner;< (b) all countries, particularly developing countries, alone or in regional or subregional groupings, should be given access to modern techniques of land-resource management, such as geographical information systems, satellite photography/imagery and other remote-sensing technologies.
Narrower:
Informing about integrated land resources managementTransferring sustainable land management practices to and among developing countries Facilitates:
Improving landLand use planningStrengthening land management researchDeveloping ortho-photography landbasesImproving planning and management systemsImproving accessibility of land resourcesUndertaking national survey of land resourcesDeveloping sustainability indicators for land resourcesImproving land and water management by farmers in arid regionsStrengthening local organizations responsible for land managementPreparing detailed land capability inventories as basis for sustainable land management Facilitated by:
Creating community land trustTraining in land resource managementDeveloping sustainable land use policyProviding public land management agencies with modern computer and survey equipmentStrengthening United Nations advisory role on drought, desertification and land resource management Problems:
Agricultural mismanagementSubjects:
Resources → Resources Geography → Land type/use
Education → Education
Management → Management
Technology → Technical
Development → Reform
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
