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The protection of fertile soils is a precondition for sustainable development.
This paper applies a resilience- and assemblage-based methodology to study the socio-ecological dynamics of human responses in the land degradation-affected Messara Valley (Crete, Greece) socio-ecological system, from 1950 to 2010.
To preserve land quality and mitigating land degradation represent an important task for regional planning and environmental management of the Mediterranean region.
A soil survey and mapping program financed by the municipality of Gazi located on the north–central part of Crete was carried out. The studied area is characterized by a moist meso-Mediterranean climate and different degrees of land degradation from human activities.
Rapid urbanization together with policy ineffectiveness in controlling urban growth is often associated to soil and land degradation in both the developing and developed world.
Meeting Name: European Commission on Agriculture
Meeting symbol/code: ECA/39/15/Report
Session: Sess. 39
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/REP
Extensive grazing is the predominant form of land use on at least a quarter of the world’s land surface, in which livestock are raised on food that comes mainly from rangelands. Extensive grazing differs from crop or forestry production, in which the produce remains in situ whilst growing.
Saffron production is confined to a limited geographical area in the State. Saffron has traditionally been associated with the famous Kashmiri cuisine, its medicinal values and the rich cultural heritage of Kashmir.
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