This guide describes two of the main approaches to greenhouse gas mitigation planning in developing countries: Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). It explains the possible relationships between them and their status within the United…
The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) was formally established by members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) during its Council in December 2012. The Council recognized soil as an essential natural resource, which is often overlooked and has not received adequate…
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the creation of the national environment and regional environments which are beautiful and pleasant and feature regional characteristics by providing for matters necessary for the conservation, management and creation of landscapes in order to manage…
The purpose of this Act is to improve and develop agricultural infrastructure, living environments of rural communities, rural tourism and resort resources, marginal farmland, etc. in an integrated and systematic manner, to raise the competitiveness of the agricultural and fisheries industries…
The purpose of this Act is to raise funds for the maintenance and management of agricultural production infrastructure, and thus contribute to the development of agricultural and fishing villages by developing and using agricultural infrastructure and its adjacent areas in a systematic and…
The purpose of these Rules is to prescribe matters delegated by the Act on Acquisition of and Compensation for Land for Public Works Projects and the Enforcement Decree of the same Act, and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof. Article 8 deals with form of application for approval of a…
The agricultural policies after Independence in South Korea can be roughly classified into three policies: policies for food increase till the 1970s, policies for structural improvement in the 1980s and 1990s, and policies for rice production adjustment in the 2000s. In the process, a policy for…
Land reform, which became widespread all over the world for a while after World War II, lost steam rapidly after the 1970s. Then, when the 21st century began, land reform-forgotten for a generation-has received attention again. Above all, this is because it has been a widely recognized…
Farmland consolidation is the act of consolidating a series of fragmented and irregular farmland plots to enlarge plot their size and support sufficient irrigation. Farmland consolidation also combines and groups the proprietor’s farmland into one area by administrative give-and-take as well as…
The main objectives of this research report are to outline the various policies that have been implemented through statutes in the past, and to introduce the legislation regarding rural development and land reform. This report will document each economic turning point and each stage of…
The aim of this study is to extract landslide-related factors from remote-sensing data, such as Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) satellite imagery, and to examine their applicability to landslide susceptibility near Boun, Korea, using a geographic…
Vegetable production has an increasing importance in most of the Asian countries. The leader in production per capita is China followed by South Korea, North Korea and Vietnam. In Vietnam, vegetable production is at the moment on 4th place of all agricultural commodities. In the past, in Vietnam…