Conserving vulnerable land

Agenda 21 recommends conserving vulnerable land as part of an overall programme of land conservation and rehabilitation.

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Protecting fragile ecosystems
2. Conserving land

1. Rehabilitating degraded land
2. Managing drylands
3. Creating community land trust
4. Applying land use policies to protect environmentally sensitive areas

1. Vulnerability
2. Land

1. Agenda 21