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Land management

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Land management is the process of managing the use and development of land resources (in both urban and rural settings, but it is mostly managed in Urban places). Land resources are used for a variety of purposes which may include organic agriculture, reforestation, water resource management and eco-tourism projects. Land management can have positive or negative effects on the terrestrial ecosystems. Land being over- or misused can degrade and reduce productivity and disrupt natural equilibriums.[1]

Sustainable land management (SLM) refers to practices and technologies that aim to integrate the management of land, water, and other environmental resources to meet human needs while ensuring long-term sustainability, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and livelihoods. The term is used, for example, in regional planning and soil or environmental protection, as well as in property and estate management.

Definition

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) applies the term land management in a wide context. Besides agriculture and forestry, they include the mineral extraction sector, property and estate management: "Land management is the process by which the resources of land are put to good effect. It covers all activities concerned with the management of land as a resource both from an environmental and from an economic perspective. It can include farming, mineral extraction, property and estate management, and the physical planning of towns and the countryside.[2]: 13 

The World Bank defines sustainable land management as a process in a charged environment between environmental protection and the guarantee claim of ecosystem services on the one hand. On the other hand, it is about productivity of agriculture and forestry with respect to demographic growth and increasing pressure in land use: "SLM is defined as a knowledge-based procedure that helps integrate land, water, biodiversity, and environmental management (including input and output externalities) to meet rising food and fiber demands while sustaining ecosystem services and livelihoods. SLM is necessary to meet the requirements of a growing population. Improper land management can lead to land degradation and a significant reduction in the productive and service (biodiversity niches, hydrology, carbon sequestration) functions of watersheds and landscapes."[3]: xiv 

In the European context, the definition of the European Network for Land Use Management for Sustainable European Cities (LUMASEC)[4] may be used as a reference. It emphasizes the inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation on sustainable land management.

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References

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  1. ^ Foley, J. A.; Defries, R.; Asner, G. P.; Barford, C.; Bonan, G.; Carpenter, S. R.; Chapin, F. S.; Coe, M. T.; Daily, G. C.; Gibbs, H. K.; Helkowski, J. H.; Holloway, T.; Howard, E. A.; Kucharik, C. J.; Monfreda, C.; Patz, J. A.; Prentice, I. C.; Ramankutty, N.; Snyder, P. K. (2005). "Global Consequences of Land Use". Science. 309 (5734): 570–574. Bibcode:2005Sci...309..570F. doi:10.1126/science.1111772. PMID 16040698. S2CID 5711915.
  2. ^ "Land Administration Guideline. With Special Reference to Countries in Transition" (PDF). UN Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, ECE/HBP/96. 1996.
  3. ^ Anderson, Jonathan; Blackie, Malcolm J.; Burcroff, Richard; Ceesay, Mustapha M.; Esikuri, Enos E.; Fernandes, Erick C.M.; Gillison, Andrew Napier; Sanginga, Emmanuel Nteranya; Smaling, Eric; Styger, Erika Dorothea. Sustainable land management : challenges, opportunities, and trade-offs. Agriculture and rural development Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.
  4. ^ "Homepage". Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
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