Forests and forestry play important roles in Austria with its close to 50/ forest cover. This paper provides details about the Austrian forest carbon inventory, discusses briefly the sources and sinks accounted under the land use, land use change and forestry articles of the Kyoto Protocol, and…
The Danish national reports on land-use change and forestry has so far only considered C sequestration in existing forests and in afforestation areas on former arable land. The standing stock of wood in existing forests was 55.2 millions cubic m in 1990, and the annual net increment for 1990-…
Ireland has a rapidly expanding forest estate which covers some 9/ of the land area. It is government policy to increase this to 17/ by the year 2030. Preliminary studies suggest that forestry activities have the potential to contribute significantly to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions…
Ministry of the Environment is coordinating matters related to the unitéd Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change. National reporting of greenhouse gas inventories for land-use change and forestry category utilises forest inventory results with appropriate studies on biomass allocation and…
Since 1995, experiences have been gathered with the calculation of National Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Germany. Because only marginal changes of the total forested area occur in Germany, relevant changes of the balance of greenhouse gases in the forest sector are related to forest management…
This article outlines how citizenship can be used as a political and theoretical tool by combining 'rights' and 'participation'. Participation in social, economic, cultural and political decision-making provides a more dynamic and active form of rights in which people work…
This Act amends provisions of the principal Act with the scope of bringing about improvement of the offer of arable land including land suitable for fast growing timber forestry. Provisions deal with revision of lease rates, alienation of land within 10 years after acquisition with preferential…
La présente loi, qui abroge la loi du 25 juin 1956 sur le remembrement légal de biens ruraux, traite du remembrement des terres morcelées et des terres dispersées en vue d'assurer, dans l'intérêt général, une exploitation plus économique des biens ruraux. Les opérations envisagées…
Cette loi porte des mesures particulières en matière de remembrement légal de biens ruraux lors de l'exécution de grands travaux d'infrastructure. En attendant qu'intervienne le remembrement légal il peut être procédé à un échange d'exploitation des biens ruraux et, à ces…
Cette loi porte le régime général de l'aménagement du territoire et de l'urbanisme. Le titre I, relatif à l'aménagement du territoire, porte les dispositions concernant les plans régionaux, les plans de secteur, les plans communaux, les expropriations et indemnités, le…
Le présent décret, ayant pour but de protéger l'environnement contre la pollution due à la production et à l'utilisation d'engrais, règle une matière visée à l'article 107 quater de la Constitution. D'abord, sont définis certains termes comme "terre", "…
The Regulations are amended so as to provide certain exceptions on the obligation to low-emission use of organic manure or other organic fertilizing substances so as to extend the period of use which prevents or limits soil erosion. This Regulation also extends the period in every year in which…