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050 0 0 _aS623
_b.W67 1993
082 0 0 _a333.76/16
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245 0 0 _aWorld soil erosion and conservation /
_cedited by David Pimentel.
246 3 _aWorld Soil Erosion & Conservation
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1993.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in applied ecology and resource management
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aLand degradation from soil erosion has been considered by many to be a problem of significant proportion, affecting some 30-50% of the earth's land surface. At the time of the first publication of this book in 1993, estimates indicated that 10-15 million hectares of land were being lost each year through erosion and salinisation from irrigation and that at such a rate of loss, topsoil reserves on most sloping lands would be depleted within two hundred years. Since humankind's dependency on the land for food is almost total, soil erosion represents a real threat to the security of our food supply. The need for the immediate conservation of the world's soil resources is therefore clear. As part of the response to this need, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Commission on Ecology convened a special working group to consider the problem of world soil erosion and to propose practical solutions for soil conservation. This important book presents the outcome of their work.
650 0 _aSoil erosion.
650 0 _aSoil conservation.
700 1 _aPimentel, David,
_d1925-
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521419673
830 0 _aCambridge studies in applied ecology and resource management.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511735394
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