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  • "Under planned biofuel targets land use allocation between forest, pasture and crops, would be significantly altered, and leads to considerable forest and pasture destruction in several countries," the World Bank's report on The Impacts of Biofuel Targets on Land-Use Change and Food Supply said recently.

    Food for Thought David Elliot 2011

  • He was the executive director of the IGBP/IHDP Land-Use/Cover Change (LUCC) at the University of Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium from 2000-2005.

    Contributor: Helmut J. Geist 2010

  • In “Biotic Land-Use,” Leopold most clearly anticipated the current paradigm shift underway in public lands management.

    Aldo Leopold's Legacy 2008

  • In “Biotic Land-Use,” Leopold offered a less rigorous necessary condition for land health that is more consistent with contemporary thinking.

    Aldo Leopold's Legacy 2008

  • Amazingly, in “Biotic Land-Use,” Leopold anticipated even this recent turn in contemporary ecology.

    Aldo Leopold's Legacy 2008

  • ISBN: 0299127648; “Land-Use and Democracy,” Audubon Magazine 44: 5 (Sept-Oct 1942), 259-265, reprinted in “River,” 295-300.

    Aldo Leopold's Legacy 2008

  • In a new paper,“Money or Nothing:The Adverse Environmental Consequences of Uncompensated Land-Use Controls,” I argue that the conventional wisdom is wrong.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Compensate for Conservation’s Sake: 2007

  • As I detail in “Money or Nothing: The Adverse Environmental Consequences of Uncompensated Land-Use Controls,” there are now four empirical studies examining the effect of the ESA on landowner willingness to maintain habitat.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The ESA vs. Private Conservation: 2007

  • Over the past three years as Chair of Land-Use I've been able to expedite many projects through our process.

    Mayoral Debate 1994

  • Abstracts On Traditional Land-Use SystemsAbstracts on farming systems research and developmentAbstracts on integrated systemsAbstracts on cropping systemAbstracts on agroecologyAbstracts on agrometeorologyAbstracts on agroforestryAbstracts on homegardensAbstracts on seed productionAbstracts on plant protectionAbstracts on water managementAbstracts on soil fertilityAbstracts on erosion and desertification controlAbstracts on potential crops for marginal lands Compiled by Jurgen Carls

    Chapter 1 1992

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