Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry: Progress and Prospects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Executive Summary......Page 14
Acronyms......Page 20
Abbreviations......Page 21
1. Integrating Environment Into Agriculture And Forestry......Page 22
2. Agriculture and Forestry Have Major Impacts on the Environment......Page 26
Box 3: Integrated Pest Management in Uzbekistan......Page 34
4. Improving Awareness Of Sustainability Issues In Agriculture And Forestry......Page 40
5. Building Capacity For Implementation......Page 44
6. Increasing Incentives For Implementation......Page 48
7. Building On Success......Page 52
8. Meeting The Challenges Ahead......Page 54
Annex 1: Key Economic, Agricultural, and Forestry Statistics......Page 56
Annex 2: Analysis of Questionnaires......Page 60
Annex 3: Explanation of Indicators......Page 72
Annex 4: The Issue of Abandoned Land......Page 78
Annex 5: Sub-Regional Comparisons......Page 84
References......Page 86
Map: Integrating Environment into Agriculture and Forestry......Page 90
Figure 1: Share of Irrigated Area Affected by Moderate to Severe Soil Salinity, Select Countries......Page 32
Box 6: Good Practice from Hungary and Poland......Page 37
Figure 3: Obsolete Pesticide Stocks by Country......Page 41
Figure 4: Extent of Forest Certification by Country......Page 50
Table 1: Recommendations......Page 18
Table 2: Summary of Issues......Page 28
Table 3: Reported Trends of Selected Mainstreaming Indicators in EECCA and SEE Countries since 2000......Page 31
Annex Table 1.1: Agriculture and forest indicators of EECCA and SEE countries, various years......Page 57
Annex Table 2.1: Integration of Environmental Considerations into the Agricultural Sector, EECCA Countries, 2006......Page 63
Annex Table 2.2: Integration of Environmental Considerations into the Forestry Sector, EECCA Countries, 2006......Page 65
Annex Table 2.3: Integration of Environmental Considerations into the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors, SEE Countries, 2006......Page 66
Annex Table 2.4: Combined Table of Questions Common to OECD and World Bank Questionnaires. EECCA and SEE Countries, 2006......Page 69
Annex Table 4.1. Abandoned Farmland across the SEE Region, Various Years......Page 79
Box 1: Kazakhstan Shows the Way......Page 23
Box 2: Carbon Finance in Moldova......Page 24
Box 4: Russia Combats Illegal Logging......Page 35
Box 5: Integration and the EU Accession Process......Page 36
Box 7: Prospects for Organic Farming......Page 38
Box 8: Modernizing Agricultural Extension......Page 42
Box 9: Abandoned Farmland: Threat or Opportunity?......Page 51
Box 10: Money from Manure in Georgia......Page 53