Annotated Bibliography of Land Quality Indicators: References

Acton, D.F. Ed. 1994. A program to assess and monitor soil quality in Canada: Soil evaluation program summary. Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Research Branch, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON. 210 pp.

Acton, D.F. and Gregorich, L.J. (Eds.). 1995. The Health of Our Soils: Toward sustainable agriculture in Canada. 1906/E. Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Research Branch, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON. 138 pp.

Agricultural Economics Research Institute. Unpublished. Development of an Agricultural Nutrient Balance Indicator: Progress Report from Finland. COM/AGR/CA/ENV/EPOC/RD(96)88. Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development, Paris. 8 pp. RESTRICTED.

Armstrong, T. and Clark, Robert G. 1996. Correlates of Biological Diversity on Saskatchewan Farmland, pp 13-17 in Stushnoff, C.T. (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Sustainable Land Management Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, 20 February 1996. Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK. 29 pp.

Banerjee, R. 1996. Summary of Activities in Fiscal-Year 1995-96. Report No. 14. Environment Bureau, Policy Branch, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON. 23 pp.

Batie, S.S. 1995. Developing Indicators for Environmental Sustainability: The Nuts and Bolts. Washington, DC, 12 June 1995-13 June 1995. Special Report 89. World Bank, Washington, DC. 164 pp.

Batjes, N.H. 1996a. Global assessment of land vulnerability to water erosion on a 1/2^o by 1/2^o grid. Report 96/08, International Soil Reference and Information Centre, Wageningen. 16 pp.

Batjes, N.H. 1996b. A qualitative assessment of water erosion risk using 1:5 M SOTER data: An application for Northern Argentina, South-east of Brazil, and Uruguay. Report 96/04. International Soil Reference and Information Centre. Wageningen. 14 pp.

Becker, B. 1997. Sustainability Assessment: A review of values, concepts, and methodological approaches. Issues in Agriculture 10. The CGIAR Secretariat. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. 63 pp.

Berger, A.R. 1996. Tools for assessing rapid environmental changes. The 1995 Geoindicator checklist. ITC Publ. No. 46, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands.

Benites, J.R. and Tschirley, J.B. 1997. Land quality indicators and their use in sustainable agriculture and rural development. Proceedings of the Workshop Organized by the Land and Water Development Division, FAO Agriculture Department, and the Research, Extension, and Training Division, FAO Sustainable Development Department, 25-26 January, 1996. FAO Land and Water Bulletin 5; FAO, Rome, Italy. 212 pp.

BMZ and GTZ. 1995. Promoting Sustainable Soil Management, in Development Cooperation: A Guide, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) & Deutschee Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn. 57 pp.

Bomans, E. Vanogeval, L. Vandendriessche, H. and Geypens, M. Unpublished. Development of an Agricultural Soil Quality Indicator: Progress Report from Belgium. COM/AGR/CA/ENV/EPOC(96)85. Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development, Paris. 19 pp. RESTRICTED.

Bryant, D. 1995. The Ecosystem Indicators Model: a Concept Proposal. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. 6 pp.

Cann, M. Dumanski, J. Gameda, S. and Brklacich, M. 1994. Development of Indicators of Soil Quality and Sustainable Land Management, Using Knowledge and Information Obtained from Innovative Conservation Farmers in Acton, D.F. (ed.) A Program to Assess and Monitor Soil Quality in Canada: Soil Quality Evaluation Program Summary. Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON.

Chisholm, A.H. and Dumsday, R.G. 1995. Environmental Indicators and Land Resources Policy: An Australian Perspective, pp 69-98 in Batie, S.S. (ed.), Developing Indicators for Environmental Sustainability: The Nuts and Bolts, Washington, DC, 12 June 1995-13 June 1995. Special Report 89. World Bank, Washington, DC.

CSD. 1996a. Indicators of Sustainable Development: Framework and Methodologies. Commission for Sustainable Development United Nations Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, World Wide Web. http://www.un.org/dpcsd/index.html

CSD. 1996b. Work Programme on Indicators of Sustainable Development of the Commission on Sustainable Development. Commission for Sustainable Development, United Nations Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, World Wide Web. http://www.un.org/dpcsd/index.html

Dalton, T.J. and Masters, W.A. unpublished. Soil Degradation, technical change and government policies in southern Mali. World Bank, Washington. 15 pp.

Dumanski, J. 1994. International Workshop on Sustainable Land Management for the 21st Century: Summary. Workshop Proceedings. Agricultural Institute of Canada, Ottawa, ON. 50 pp.

Dumanski, J., de Jong, R., and Brklacich, M. 1996. Changes in Crop Yield and Variability as Indicators of Sustainable Land Management, pp 3-6 in Stushnoff, C.T. (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Sustainable Land Management Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, 20 February 1996. Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK. 29 pp.

Eilers, R.G., Eilers, W.D., and Fitzgerald, M.M. 1996. Soil Degradation Risk Indicator: Soil Salinity Risk Component. Report No. 16. Environment Bureau, Policy Branch, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON. 24 pp.

FAO. 1996. A Programme to Develop Land Quality Indicators at Sub-National, National and Global Scales. Food & Agriculture Organization, World Wide Web. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/EPdirect/EPre0027.htm

Gallopin, G.C. 1994. Agroecosystem Health: A Guiding Concept for Agricultural Research?, pp. 51-65 in Nielsen, N.O. (ed.), Proceedings of an International Workshop: Agroecosystem Health, Ottawa, ON, 9 June 1994. University of Guelph, Guelph, ON. 114 pp.

Gameda, S. 1996. Farmer Knowledge and Sustainable Land Management, pp10-12 in Stushnoff, C.T. (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Sustainable Land Management Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, 20 February 1996. Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK. 29 pp.

Gameda, S. and Dumanski, J. 1995. Framework for evaluation of sustainable land management: A case study of two rain-fed cereal-livestock farming systems in the Black Chernozemic soil zone of southern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 75: 4, 429-37.

Group for Development and Environment. 1995. Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: A Conceptual Approach to Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Context of Development. Development and Environmental Reports No. 14. Institute of Geography, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland. 46 pp.

GTZ. 1995. Indicators for Sustainable Land Management for Use in Development Projects: Basic Concepts. Indicators for Sustainable Soil Management Pilot Project - PN 95.9203.1. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ), World Wide Web.

GTZ. 1997. Indicators of Sustainable Land Management: A Literature Review. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. 95 pp.

Hambly, H. and Angura, T.O. 1996. Grassroots Indicators for Desertification: Experience and Perspectives from Eastern and Southern Africa. International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, ON. 168 pages.

Hammond, A. Adriaanse, A. Rodenburg, E. Bryant, D. and Woodward, R. 1995. Environmental Indicators: A Systematic Approach to Measuring and Reporting on Environmental Policy Performance in the Context of Sustainable Development. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. 43 pp.

Hanson, R.G. and Cassman, K.G. 1994. Soil Management and Sustainable Agriculture in the Developing World. pp 17-33 in 15th World Congress of Soil Science, Acapulco, Mexico, 10 July 1994-16 July 1994. Volume 7A: Commission VI Symposia. Sociedad Mexicana de la Ciencia del Suelo, Mexico.

Hart, R. 1994. Summary, Conclusions and lessons learned from the SANREM/INFORUM Electronic Conference on Indicators of Sustainability. Internet, January 15-April 22. INFORUM, World Wide Web. http://tdg.uoguelph.ca/www/FSR/collections/indicator.html

Hawtin, G.C. 1994. Agricultural Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health, pp. 49-50 in Nielsen, N.O. (ed.), Proceedings of an International Workshop: Agroecosystem Health, Ottawa, ON, 19 June 1994. University of Guelph, Guelph, ON. 114 pp.

Henninger, N. 1992. Environmental Impact and Sustainability Indicators for K2. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. 58 pp.

Hillary, N., Spearin, M., and Culver D. 1995. Farm Resource Management Indicator: Inputs Management Component. Report No. 8. Policy Branch, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON. 23 pp.

Hobbs, P. and Morris, M. 1996. Meeting South Asia's Future Food Requirements from Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems: Priority Issues Facing Researchers in the Post-Green Revolution Era. NRG Paper 96-01. CIMMYT, Mexico. 46 pp.

Ingham, E. 1996. The Soil Foodweb: Its Importance to Ecosystem Health. World Wide Web. http://www.rain.org/~sals/ingham.html

Kobrich, C. and Rehman, T. 1996. Sustainability and the MCDM Paradigm: Model Construction and Optimization, VIII Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economics, Edinburgh, September 1996.

Kuik, O. and Verbruggen, H., Eds. 1992. In Search of Indicators of Sustainable Development. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.

Lal, R. 1994. Methods and Guidelines for Assessing Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Resources in the Tropics. Soil Management Support Services Technical Monograph No. 21. US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC. 78 pp.

Lammerts van Bueren, E.M. and Blom, E.M. 1997. Hierarchical framework for the formulation of sustainable forest management standards. The Tropenbos Foundation. Bachhuys Publ., The Netherlands. 82 pp.

Larson, W.E. and Pierce, F.J. 1994. The dynamics of soil quality as a measure of sustainable management. Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment, SSSA - Special Publication no. 35. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI. 37-51 pp.

Lawas, C.M. and Luning, H.A. 1996. Farmers' knowledge and GIS. Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks, World Wide Web. http://www.nufficcs.nl/ciran/ikdm/4-1/articles/lawas.html

Lefroy, E.C. and Hobbs, R.J. 1992. Ecological indicators for sustainable agriculture. Australian Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 5: 4, 22-28.

Lightfoot, C. Prein, M. and Ofori, J.K. 1996. The Potential Impact of Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems on Sustainable Farming, 51-56 in Prein, M., Ofori. J.K, and Lightfoot, C. (eds.), Research for the future development of aquaculture in Ghana, International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Philippines. 94 pp.

Lightfoot, C. Dalsgaard, J.P. Bimbao, M.A. and Fermin, F. 1993. Farmer Participatory Procedures for Managing and Monitoring Sustainable Farming Systems. Journal of the Asian Farming System Association 2, 67-87.

Lyson, T.A. and Welsh, R. 1993. The production function, crop diversity, and the debate between conventional and sustainable agriculture. Rural Sociology 58: 3, 424-39.

MacDonald, K.B. and Gleig, D.B. 1996. Indicator of Risk of Water Contamination from Nitrogen (IROWC-N), Draft. Ontario Land Resource Unit, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Research Branch, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON. 41 pp.

Mantel, S. and van Engelen, V.W.P. 1997. The impact of land degradation on food productivitiy - case studies in Uruguay, Argentina, and Kenya. Vol.1: main report. Report 97/01, International Soil Reference and Information Centre, Wageningen. 44 pp.

Mathias, E. 1995. Framework for enhancing the use of indigenous knowledge. Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks, World Wide Web. http://www.nufficcs.nl/ciran/ikdm/3-2/articles/mathias.html

Mausbach, M.J. Unpublished. Development of Soil Quality Indicators: Progress Report from the United States. OECD, Paris. 10 pp.

McCann, S. 1995. Agricultural Indicators - Indicator Program Descriptions. World Resources Institute, World Wide Web. http://tdg.uoguelph.ca/www/FSR/collection/indicator/program.txt

Melnychuk, N. Olfert, O. Youngs, B. and Gillot, C. 1996. Monitoring Insect Populations in Saskatchewan Farming Systems, pp 22-23 in Stushnoff, C.T. (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Sustainable Land Management Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, 20 February 1996. Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK. 29 pp.

Miller, F.P. and Wali, M.K. 1995. Soils, land use and sustainable agriculture: A review. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 75: 4, 413-22.

Namkoong, G. Boyle, T. Gregorius, H.R. Joly, H. Savolainen, O. Ratnam, W. and Young, A. 1996. Testing Criteria and Indicators for Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Management: Genetic Criteria and Indicators. Working Paper No. 10. Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia. 12 pp.

Narayanan, S. 1995. Input Use Efficiency Indicator: Use Efficiency for Fertilizer, Pesticides and Energy. Report No. 11. Farm Economics Division, Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON . 22 pp.

Natural Resources Conservation Service. 1996. Ecosystem Indicators: A Process to Assist with Planning and Monitoring Activities. US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. 37 pp.

Neave, P. Kirkwood, V. and Dumanski, J. 1995. Review and Assessment of Available Indicators for Evaluating Sustainable Land Management. Technical Bulletin 1995-7E. Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON. 29 pp.

Nieuwoudt, W.L. and De Jong, J.J. 1985. Land rents as indicators of profitability in maize and wheat production. Agrekon 24: 2, 21-26.

OECD. 1996a. Developing a Set of OECD Agri-Environmental Indicators. ENV/EPOC(96)14. Environment Branch, Environment Policy Committee, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. 46 pp. UNPUBLISHED/RESTRICTED.

OECD. 1996b. Development of an Agricultural Nutrient Balance Indicator: Progress Report from Belgium. COM/AGR/CA/ENV/EPOC(96)84. Joint Working Party of the Committee for Agriculture and the Environment Policy Committee, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. 49 pp. RESTRICTED.

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Pieri, C., Dumanski, J., Hamblin, A., and Young, A. 1995. Land Quality Indicators. World Bank Discussion Paper No.315. World Bank, Washington, DC. 51 pages.

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