LAND ENDOWMENT

This section of the CD-ROM provides various data describing the use of land resources in Russia, of which agriculture and forestry are most widely practiced. Land endowment is considered from two perspectives: the first falls under traditional land-use analysis and describes land exploitation to produce commodities or benefits for consumption or sale (this information is documented in statistical terms and is a socioeconomic driver of land resources development); the second identifies land and soil degradation and views the results of land use from an environmental perspective. Environmental aspects are currently treated in the traditional socioeconomic cost-benefit analysis, which is insufficient. There is a great potential for better localization of land use practices in Russia, and the data in this land endowment section could help to put this into practice.

Major Topics
Land Use
Agriculture
Forest Use
Land Productivity
Desertification
Land Degradation