Integrating environment into agriculture and forestry -- Agriculture and forestry have major impacts on the environment -- Focusing on the East and on agriculture -- Improving awareness of sustainability issues in agriculture and forestry -- Building capacity for implementation -- Increasing incentives for implementation -- Building on success -- Meeting the challenges ahead
Summary
The countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia urgently need to accelerate the integration of environmental concerns into their agricultural and forestry sectors. Policies and laws promoting integration have undoubtedly improved, but implementation is lagging, particularly in the east and in agriculture. Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry raises awareness of the pressing need to step up progress on implementation. Failure to integrate environment into agriculture and forestry will have major economic and human health implications, eg. soil salinity in Uzbekistan is estimat
Notes
"Europe and Central Asia Region Sustainable Development Department."
