PopEnvironment Linkages  Overview Air and Climate Biodiversity Coasts and Oceans Conflict and Security Crosscutting Issues Demographics Development and Economics Food and Agriculture Freshwater Health Land Use General Information Land Resources Arable Land / Soil Depletion Forests and Deforestation Desertification Natural Resources Other Land Occupations / Policies and Practices Urbanization Migration Policies Regional Examples Bibliography PopEnvironment Home PopPlanet Home		Land Use > Land Resources [8] 1 Title Federal Land and Resources Management: A List of Internet Resources Author Kori Clavert Abstract Nontechnical review of issue prepared for the U.S. Congress to assist in public policy development. Type CRS Report Affiliation Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress URL: http://www.cnie.org/nle/info-11.html Peer Review Internal Review Process 2 Title Forests and Land Cover Author World Resources Institute Abstract Humans have left an impressive mark on the world's lands over the past several centuries. With the dramatic growth in world population, from roughly 1 billion in 1800 to well over 5 billion today, pressures on the land have greatly increased. The need for greater food production has led to a massive increase in cropland. By the early 1990s, almost 40 percent of Earth's land surface had been converted to cropland and permanent pasture. This conversion has occurred largely at the expense of forests and grassland. Type Report Affiliation World Resources Institute URL: http://www.wri.org/wri/wr-96-97/lc_txt1.html Peer Review Unknown Peer Review Process 3 Title Mining Law Reform: The Impact of a Royalty Author Abstract Nontechnical review of issue prepared for the U.S. Congress to assist in public policy development. Type CRS Report Affiliation Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress URL: http://www.cnie.org/nle/mine-4.html Peer Review Internal Review Process 4 Title Natural Resource Author Ross Gorte, Coordinator Abstract Nontechnical review of issue prepared for the U.S. Congress to assist in public policy development. Type CRS Report Affiliation Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress URL: http://www.cnie.org/nle/nrgen-22.html Peer Review Internal Review Process 5 Title Population Change-Natural Resources-Environment Linkages In The Arab States Region Author Alain Marcoux Abstract Article examines population, environmental and natural resources linkages in the Middle Eastern Arab region. Focus given to the growth of population and attendant pressures on the economy and resources such as water. Type Article Affiliation FAO Population Programme Service URL: http://www.un.org/popin/fao/arabstat.htm Peer Review Unknown Peer Review Process 6 Title The 1872 Mining Law: Time for Reform? Author Marc Humphries Abstract Nontechnical review of issue prepared for the U.S. Congress to assist in public policy development. Type CRS Report Affiliation Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress URL: http://www.cnie.org/nle/mine-1.html Peer Review Internal Review Process 7 Title The Problems of Forest Loss Author World Resources Institute Abstract The ongoing deforestation and degradation of the world's forests shows little sign of abating. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) recently published reports on the conditions of tropical and temperate forests with data on change in forest cover from 1980 to 1990.[1] [2] Such data are notoriously inaccurate and often recycled between reports simply because better data is not available.[3] According to FAO, on average 15.4 million hectares of tropical forests disappeared every year over the decade (0.8 percent of total tropical forests per year). This compares with an annual rate of 11.3 million hectares in the 1970s. [4] --an increase of 50 percent. Type Article Affiliation URL: http://www.wri.org/biodiv/intl-ii.html Peer Review Unknown Peer Review Process 8 Title The Rural Abandoned Mine Program- A Fact Sheet Author Abstract Nontechnical review of issue prepared for the U.S. Congress to assist in public policy development. Type CRS Report Affiliation Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress URL: http://www.cnie.org/nle/mine-5.html Peer Review Internal Review Process