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Especially in the face of climate change and variability, selecting the right land uses for given biophysical and socio-economic conditions, and implementing SLM, are essential for minimizing land degradation, rehabilitating degraded land, ensuring the sustainable use of land resources (i.e. soils, water and biodiversity) and maximizing resilience.
Sustainable land management includes measures that are suited to the specific biophysical and socio-economic conditions in a given area for the protection; promote the conservation and sustainable use of soil, water and and genetic diversity; and restore or rehabilitate degraded natural resources and revitalize the ecosystem functions.
Land resources planning should help producers, policy makers and other stakeholders select the most appropriate land uses for a given area. It should also help create conditions that allow for the adoption of sustainable soil and land management practices that promote the conservation of soil and land in healthy landscapes and ecosystems, and restore degraded land (FAO, 2017b).
Kyrgyzstan. Best practice. Production and application of bio-humus. The technology makes use of red worms to process fresh manure filled into a trench to improve soil fertility. To process the manure, a trench is prepared and filled with fresh manure and 5 kg of worms, which feed on the manure and process it.
2012, as a coalition of willing partners to promote and implement sustainable soil management at all scales, from local to global. Since then, the GSP has been conducting a vigorous campaign to promote sustainable soil management. Under the aegis of the GSP, the World Soil Charter, which contains key principles and guidance
For the general public, farmers, policy makers, business and civil society: Advertise the importance of soils, economically, socially and environmentally. Promote knowledge sharing and partnership between government, business, academia and civil society that sets a minimum standard for soil awareness, management and protection.
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This course focuses on sustainable soil and land management for climate-smart agriculture. It provides technical knowledge and examines how wide-scale implementation of climate-smart soil and land management practices can enhance mitigation of climate change and adaptation to its impacts. 2 hours of learning, depending on learning needs.
