Editors:
- Addresses key topics in sustainable soil management in Africa
- Informs readers about the tenure rights systems in Africa and its relevance for soil protection
- Offers an indispensable tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field
- Combines theoretical insights and empirical findings
Part of the book series: International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy (IYSLP)
Part of the book sub series: Regional Perspectives (REGPER)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book presents an important discussion on future options for sustainable soil management in Africa from various perspectives, including national soil protection regulations, the role of tenure rights, the work of relevant international institutions such as the UNCCD and FAO, and regional and international cooperation.
This first volume of the new subseries Regional Perspectives to the International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy includes contributions by African and international experts alike. Given the range of key topics covered, the book offers an indispensable tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field.
The “International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy – Regional Perspectives” series discusses central questions in law and politics that concern the protection and sustainable management of soil and land in different regions of the world.
Keywords
- soil protection
- sustainable soil management
- tenure rights
- African convention
- UNFCCC
- CBD
- Global Soil Partnership
- UNCCD
- common concern of humankind
- climate change
- biodiversity
- urbanization
- land degradation
- land degradation neutrality
- Kampala
- Uganda
- desertification
- agriculture
- soil conservation
- sustainable development goals
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Law, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda
Hadijah Yahyah
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German Environment Agency, Dessau, Germany; Development and Rule of Law Programme [DROP], University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Harald Ginzky
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School of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Emmanuel Kasimbazi
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School of Law, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Robert Kibugi
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Development and Rule of Law Programme [DROP], University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Fraunhofer Centre for International Management and Knowledge Economy [IMW], Leipzig, Germany
Oliver C. Ruppel
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Legal Instruments for Sustainable Soil Management in Africa
Editors: Hadijah Yahyah, Harald Ginzky, Emmanuel Kasimbazi, Robert Kibugi, Oliver C. Ruppel
Series Title: International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36004-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36003-0Published: 07 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36006-1Published: 07 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36004-7Published: 06 April 2020
Series ISSN: 2520-1271
Series E-ISSN: 2520-128X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 219
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Environmental Law, Soil Science & Conservation, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , African Politics, Ecology