A workshop entitled Land Quality Indicators for Sustainable Resource Management held in FAO Headquarters, Rome was attended by FAO technical staff and invited participants fromthe Agriculture Canada, International Soil Reference and Information Centre, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, and private consultants. The workshop provided a technical forum to discuss issues relating to land quality indicators (LQIs) and their use by planners and policy-makers. LQIs can be used at the national and district levels to assess thequalities of land, to monitor its changing conditions, and to formulate policies anddevelopment programmes that take land quality into account.Progress was made toward preparing a workplan for an LQI Programme including country case studies, development of a meta-database, research topics, location and fundingof the Secretariat, financing, institutional contacts, membership in the Core Advisory Committee and follow-up activities.
Publication year
1995
Authors
Budidarsono S; Tomich T P; Thomas D E
Language
English
Keywords
land resources, land degradation, land use
