Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply - Factsheet

United Nations Environment Programme; International Resource Panel

Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply - Factsheet

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.author	International Resource Panel
dc.contributor.organization	International Resource Panel
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-12T09:18:02Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-12T09:18:02Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description	Global land use plays a central role in determining our food, material and energy supply. Many countries have started to support the use of biomass for biofuels and biomaterials, and, at the same time, are becoming concerned about the increasing consequences of land competition, such as rising food prices, land use change, and land use intensification. This report is intended to support the international discussion and to provide decision makers in national and regional governments and NGOs with an overview of key challenges and possible options related to sustainable land use. It explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of sustainability across different scales; from the sustainable management of soils on the field to the sustainable management of global land use as a whole.	en
dc.format	Text
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31546
dc.language	English
dc.language	French
dc.language	Arabic
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	land
dc.subject	agricultural land
dc.subject	soil
dc.subject	land use
dc.subject	fuel
dc.subject	sustainable agriculture
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.title	Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply - Factsheet	en
dc.type	Communication or other resource