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Legislative approaches to sustainable agriculture and natural resources governance

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 698 p.

Author Gobena, A.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-132450-9

Series title FAO Legislative Study

Series number No. 114

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This book encompasses a broad range of natural resource sectors, with discrete chapters on water, land, forestry, fisheries, mining, petroleum and agriculture. Given this broad range of areas, the focus of the publication is narrowed to provide an overarching holistic perspective that is supportive of a systems-thinking approach. Recognizing that there are many useful publications elsewhere that detail extensively the specific regulatory elements of sound laws in the respective areas, this book offers the specific prism of highlighting approaches that embrace the pillars of sustainable development, i.e. approaches that recognize and are informed by economic, social and environmental considerations and impacts.

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​FAO and UNEP. 2020. Legislative approaches to sustainable agriculture and natural resources governance. FAO Legislative Study No. 114. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8728en

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