This report is ostensibly about land quality indicators (LQIs). However, anyone who reads it will find a useful compilation of advice, experience and opinion on why land quality information is important for sustainable development and how it can be used more effectively for planning and decision making. But the report also poses as many questions as it answers, which in itself reflects the diversity of viewpoints on indicators. The LQI programme is a joint initiative of FAO, UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank aimed at assisting planners and policy-makers in countries to make better use of their existing information on. | Main menu Land quality indicators and their use in sustainable agriculture and rural development LAND AND WATER BULLETIN WORLD BANK UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME undp Reprinted 1998 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations of the United Nations Development Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme or of the World Bank concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. M-50 ISBN 92-5-103975-5 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Applications for such permission with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction should be addressed to the Director Information Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome Italy. FAO UNDP UNEP and World Bank 1997 Foreword This report is ostensibly about land quality indicators LQIs . However anyone who reads it will find a useful compilation of advice experience and opinion on why land quality information is important for sustainable development and how it can be used more effectively for planning and decision making. But the report also poses as many questions as it answers which in itself reflects the diversity of viewpoints on indicators. The LQI programme is a joint initiative of FAO UNDP UNEP and the World Bank aimed at assisting planners and policy-makers in countries to make better use of their existing information on land quality and to promote more systematic data and information collection. There remain important questions which are .
