Proceedings of the Workshop
organized by the
Land and Water Development Division
FAO Agriculture Department
and the
Research, Extension and Training Division
FAO Sustainable Development Department
25-26 January 1996
Paper prepared under the Land Quality Indicators initiative
WORLD BANK
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, 1997
Reprinted 1998
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SUMMARY REPORT AND CONCLUSIONS
Land resources evaluation and the role of land-related indicators
The context of indicators in FAO
Development of environmental indicators in UNEP
Application of the pressure-state-response framework for the land quality indicators (LQI) programme
Land condition change indicators for sustainable land resource management
Land quality indicators: aspects of land use, land, soil and plant nutrients
Farming systems indicators for sustainable natural resource management
Indicators for sustainable water resources development
Land quality indicators from the viewpoint of inland fisheries and aquaculture
Land quality indicators: ideas stimulated by work in Costa Rica, North India and Central Ecuador