Integrating environment into agriculture and forestry : progress and prospects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Author(s)

• Sutton, William R.

Bibliographic Information

Integrating environment into agriculture and forestry : progress and prospects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

William R. Sutton ... [et al.]

World Bank, c2008

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-67)

"Europe and Central Asia Region Sustainable Development Department"

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In the transition countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, environmental considerations are lagging behind other factors in the agriculture and forestry sectors. The cost of increasing soil salinity in one country is estimated at $1 billion per year, the cost of soil erosion in another at $40 million per year. Agriculture and forestry will also be highly sensitive to changes in climate. There is therefore a critical need for the countries in this region to pro actively integrate environmental concerns into policies, programs, and investments in the agriculture and forestry sectors.This critical need has arisen from inadequate policy incentives, insufficient human and institutional capacities, and lack of funding. "Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry" presents 10 recommendations for local and international stakeholders on how to address these problems. Among the recommendations are the need to advance to full-scale implementation of strategic documents, the imperative of using economic cost-benefit analysis as a basis for decision making, and the urgency of scaling up successful pilot projects. Included with the book is a CD containing a compilation of 21 in-depth reviews of environmental integration in agriculture and forestry in Eastern European and Central Asian countries.

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• 1. Integrating Environment Into Agriculture And Forestry
• 2. Agriculture and Forestry Have Major Impacts on the Environment
• 3. Focusing On The East And On Agriculture
• 4. Improving Awareness Of Sustainability Issues In Agriculture And Forestry
• 5. Building Capacity For Implementation
• 6. Increasing Incentives For Implementation
• 7. Building On Success
• 8. Meeting The Challenges Ahead
• CD-Rom
• Study Brochure
• Main Report - Russian translation
• Individual Country Reviews - English and Russian translations.

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Details

• NCID: BA87789767
• ISBN:
  • 9780821377437
• LCCN: 2008035534
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 67 p.
• Size: 28 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 computer laser optical disk (4 3/4 in.)
• Classification:
  • LCC : GE190.E852
  • DC22 : 338.1095
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Environmental policy -- Europe, Eastern
  • LCSH : Environmental policy -- Asia, Central
  • LCSH : Agriculture and state -- Europe, Eastern
  • LCSH : Agriculture and state -- Asia, Central
  • LCSH : Forest management -- Environmental aspects -- Europe, Eastern
  • LCSH : Forest management -- Environmental aspects -- Asia, Central