Population, Land Management, and Environmental Change (UNU, 1996, 89 p.)

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Preface

Opening remarks

Welcoming address

1. People, land management, and environmental change: The problems that a United Nations University programme is studying

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Background

Intensification and innovation

A case in East Africa

The management of degradation: A west African case

A case of stagnation in Papua New Guinea

Discussion and conclusion

References

2. Land management for sustainable development: Farmers' participation

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Introduction

Sustainable land management is possible

Societies adapt and change

Farmer participation is essential

Conclusion: Components of participatory land management

Notes

References

3. Women farmers: Environmental managers of the world

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Introduction

Access to resources

Women's agricultural work

Time as a resource

Conclusion

References

4. Land-use change and population in Papua New Guinea

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Introduction

Traditional agriculture system

Land use before independence

Population dynamics

Patterns of land use

Conclusions

References

5. Agricultural sustainability and food in Papua New Guinea

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Introduction

The sample populations

Agricultural sustainability in low population density areas

Agricultural sustainability in high population density areas

Population increase and agricultural sustainability

References

6. Population pressure and agrodiversity in marginal areas of Northern Thailand

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Introduction

Background

Dynamics of highland land use

Role of biodiversity in sustainable use of marginal land

References

7. Managing the resources of the Amazonian Várzea

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Background

A diversity of patterns

Diversity, complexity, and change: The case of Santa Rosa

Managing Várzea, forests

Managing bananas and diseases in the estuary

Notes

References

8. Global environment and population carrying capacity

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Introduction

Criteria for sustainable development

Scenario of sustainable development

Supportable human population

Conclusions

References

9. Concluding remarks

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References

Contributors