International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2017

Part I: Words of Welcome: Greetings by Monique Barbut.- Part II: Soil and Sustainable Agriculture: Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture: Impacts on Sustainable Soil Management by Bob Rees.- Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management: Global Action for Healthy Soils by Rainer Baritz.-Soil Degradation through Agriculture in China: Its Extent, Impacts and Implications for Environmental Law Reform by Bob Zhao.- Soil Legislation and Policy in the Kyrgyz Republic on the Development of the Law "On Soil Fertility Protection of Agricultural Lands" by Maksatbek Anarbaev.- Current Status and Improvement of Institutional Base of Solving Soil Degradation and Low Agricultural Productivity Problems in Tajikistan by Murod Juraievich Ergashev and Islomkhudzha Ahmadovich limov.- Governance of Pastoral Lands by Ian Hannam.- Uncertainty of Land Tenure and the Effects on Sustainability of Agriculture in the United States byJesse Richardson.- Soil Data Needs for Sustainable Agriculture by Luca Montanarella and Panos Panagos.- Import Regulations and Certification as a Means to Enforce Sustainable Agriculture Abroad by Andrea Schmeichel.- Part III: Recent Developments of Soil Regulation at International Level: Implementing Land Degradation Neutrality (SDG 15.3) at National Level: General Approach, Indicator Selection and Experiences from Germany by Stephanie Wunder, Timo Kaphengst  and Ana Frelih-Larsen.- Part IV: National and Regional Soil Legislation: Reform of the Icelandic Soil Conservation Law by Birkir Snær Fannarsson, Björn Helgi Barkarson, Jón Geir Pétursson and Sigríður Svana Helgadóttir.- Greek Soil Law by Natalia Charalampidou.- The French Law and Biodiversity and the Protection of Soils by Maylis Desrousseaux.- Implementing Land Degradation Neutrality at National Level: Legal Instruments in Germany by Ralph Bodle.- The Community Consultation in the Scope of the Land Management in Mozambique by Eduardo Chiziane.- Who Owns Soil Carbon in Communal Lands? An Assessment of a Unique Property Right in Kenya by Nelly Kamunde.- The Use of Property Law Tools for Soil Protection by Jessica Owley.- Thrifty Land Use by Spatial Planning Law - Considering the Swiss Concept by Yvonne Franßen.- The Soil Conservation Protocol of the Alpine Convention - Why Was the Adoption Possible? by Sebastian Schmid.- Part V: Cross-Cutting Topics: Soil Health, Sustainable Land Management and Land Degradation in Africa: Legal Options on the Need for a Specific African Soil Convention or Protocol by Robert Kibugi.- International Forest Regulation: Model for International Soil Governance by Anja Eikermann.- The Sustainable Management of Soils as a Common Concern of Humankind: How to Implement It? by Harald Ginzky.- Development of Soil Awareness in Europe and Other Regions - Historical and Ethical Reflections about European (& International) Soil Protection Law by Irene Heuser.- INSPIRATION: Stakeholder Perspectives on Future Research Needs in Soil, Land Use and Land Management - Towards a Strategic Research Agenda for Europe by Detlef Grimski, Franz Makeschin, Frank Glante and Stephan Bartke.