Chapter
Compensation to State and Local Governments
Payments in Lieu of Taxes
CRS Reports and Committee Prints [26]
THE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM [27]
CRS Reports and Committee Prints [39]
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT [40]
National Landscape Conservation System
Acquisition Authority [50]
CRS Reports and Committee Prints [58]
THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM [59]
Organization and Management
CRS Reports and Committee Prints [81]
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM [82]
Organization and Management
Designation and Acquisition Authority
CRS Reports and Committee Prints [97]
SPECIAL SYSTEMS ON FEDERAL LANDS
THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM [98]
Organization and Management
CRS Reports and Committee Prints [100]
THE NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM [101]
Organization and Management
CRS Reports and Committee Prints [104]
NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM [105]
Organization and Management
National Recreation Trails
Connecting and Side Trails
APPENDIX 1. MAJOR ACRONYMS USED IN THIS ARTICLE
APPENDIX 2. DEFINITION OF SELECTED TERMS
Chapter 3 CONSERVATION, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES IN RURAL AFRICA: EVIDENCE FROM EAST AFRICA
2. FARMING SYSTEMS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
2.1. Status and Challenges
Heterogeneous Agro-ecological and Farming Systems
Nutrient Depletion and Soil Degradation
Degradational vs Conservation Pathways
General Conceptual Framework
System Components of Development/Resource Management Pathways
2.3. Methodologies and Application
3. CASE STUDY FROM A RIFT VALLEY COMMUNITY
3.1. Introduction to a Case Study
Soil Management at Plot Level
Identification of Conservatory and Degradational Pathways
Determinants of Conservatory/Degradational Pathways
Newly Emerging Challenge and Future Research Agenda
APPENDIX 1: EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FOR THE CLD PATTERNS
Chapter 4 PROTECTION OF RIPARIAN LANDSCAPES IN ISRAEL
THE IMPORTANCE OF RIPARIAN LANDSCAPES
PROTECTION OF RIPARIAN LANDSCAPES IN ISRAELI LEGISLATION
The Rivers Authorities Law
The Rivers Administration
PHYSICAL PLANNING AS A PROTECTION TOOL
Chapter 5 COSTS AND BENEFITS OF FOREST CERTIFICATION IN THE AMERICAS
GENESIS OF FOREST CERTIFICATION
EXTENT OF FOREST CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION LITERATURE
Certification Impact Evaluations
Aggregate Economic Impacts
Direct and Indirect Organizational Costs
Individual Cost Components
Perceived Achievement of Benefits and Costs
Retention of Forest Certification
Chapter 6 NATURAL RESOURCES, INTANGIBLE CAPITAL AND BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
5. CALIBRATION OF THE MODEL AND RELATIVE INCOMES
APPENDIX 1. TEMPORARY EQUILIBRIUM
APPENDIX 2. BALANCED GROWTH
Chapter 7 ECONOMIC INPUT FOR RESTORATION DECISION MAKING
Cost–Effectiveness Analysis
MICRO-ECONOMIC INPUT FOR AN ADAPTIVE RESTORATION PROCESS
Selecting an Economic Tool
Availability of Cost and Benefit Measures in Monetary Units
Issues to Consider when Selecting Cost–benefit Analysis
CHALLENGES WITH THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RESTORATION PROJECTS
Chapter 8 INTRODUCING MODELLING TOOLS TO SUPPORT WATER-MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONS: A SPANISH EXPERIENCE
1. CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION
1.1. The Spanish Climate-Change Adaptation Plan
1.2. Climate Change and Spanish Irrigated Agriculture: The Challenge
2. CLIMATE SCENARIOS, SEASONAL FORECASTS AND DOWNSCALING ISSUES
3. SIMULATING CROP-GROWTH AND CROP WATER-USE
3.1. Crop-Growth Oriented Simulation Models
3.1.1. The DSSAT Models and the “Cascade Approach”
3.1.2. The Wageningen Models
3.1.3. Other Available Crop-Oriented Models
3.2. Agrohydrological Models
3.2.1. Constraints of Crop-Oriented Models Regarding the Simulation of Soil Water-Movement and Crop Water-Use
3.2.2. SWAP Model. Generalities
3.2.3. SWAP Model. The Simple Approach to Estimate Crop Water-Use
3.2.5. Agrohydrological Models Constraints
3.2.6. Simple Crop Water-Use Simulation Models. CROPWAT
3.3. Models Calibration, Validation and Inter-Model Comparisons
4. APPLYING CLIMATE AND CROP-GROWTH SIMULATION TOOLS TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL DECISION-MAKING
4.2. The Role of Local Agricultural Research and Extension Services
4.3. The AGRIDEMA Proposal. General Description
4.3.1. Identifying and Contacting Developers
4.3.2. Identifying and Contacting Users
4.3.3. The AGRIDEMA Courses on Climate and Crop-Growth Simulation Tools
4.3.4. The Agridema Pilot Assessments
4.4. The Agridema Pilot-Assessments Results
4.5. A Pilot Assessment Example: Managing Sugarbeet Irrigation in the Spanish Northern Plateau under Present and Future Climate Conditions
4.5.1. SWAP Calibration and Validation. The Assessment Data
4.5.2. SWAP Calibration. The Results
4.5.3. SWAP Validation. The Results
4.5.4. Simulating Current and Future Sugarbeet Water-Use
Introducing Climate and Crop-Growth Simulation Tool to Support Agricultural Decision-Making: The “Users” Point of View
Chapter 9 THE WATER MANAGEMENT APPROACHES: TOWARDS WHERE WE GO?
2. APPROACHES TO WATER MANAGEMENT
2.1. Supply-side Management
2.2. Demand-side Management
2.3. Integrated Water Management
3. WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS IN MEXICO
Natural Resources: Management, Economic Development and Protection
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