Environmental Indicators for Agriculture, 3 [electronic resource] : Methods and Results
Publishing, OECD.
Organization For Economic Co-Operation And Development StaffCorporate Author
 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2001.
 Overall the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries over the last 10 to 15 years has been mixed. According to the indicators examined in this book pollution levels from nitrogen and pesticide loadings in water remain relatively high, for certain regions within OECD countries. Environmental risks persist, such as soil erosion and water resource depletion, and agriculture's impact on biodiversity, wildlife habitats and landscape has been harmful in some cases. Some positive developments have also occurred. There has been a decrease in nitrogen and pesticide use in many countr
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""Foreword""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Boxes""; ""Box 1. Selected International and Regional Environmental Agreements Relevant to OECD Agri-environmental Indicators""; ""Box 2. Complete list of OECD Agri-environmental Indicators""; ""Box 3. Development of Agri-environmental Indicators in OECD Countries and Internationally""; ""Box 4. The Use of Agri-environmental Indicators in Recent OECD Studies and Activities""; ""Box 1. Public perceptions of agriculture and the environment in Canada""; ""Box 2. Rural viability""
""Box 1. Whole Farm Management and Organic Farming under the Austrian...""""Box 1. Comparison of the OECD and OSPARCOM nitrogen balance calculations""; ""Box 1. Water use efficiency in irrigated agriculture in Australia""; ""Box 2. Incorporating environmental needs into Defined Minimum Reference Flows for Rivers in Australia ""; ""Box 1. The Canadian Indicator of the Risk of Water Contamination by Nitrogen from Agriculture""; ""Box 1. Incorporation of policy relevant parameters""; ""Box 2. Agricultural land use and river flooding â€? Japan""; ""Box 3. Reservoir Sediment Survey""
""Box 1. The International Convention on Biological Diversity""""Box 2. The Value of Biodiversity to New Zealand""; ""Box 3. National System for the Protection and Utilisation of Genetic Resources for Agriculture: Greece""; ""Box 4. Canadian System to Monitor Wild Species Diversity""; ""Box 5. Biodiversity and Agriculture in the European Union""; ""Box 6. North American waterfowl and agriculture""; ""Box 1. The concept of â€œhabitatâ€? in the context of biodiversity""; ""Box 2. Agricultural land diversion schemes in OECD countries""
""Box 1. The Canadian spatial ecological framework to classify agricultural landscapes""""Box 2. Field boundaries as agricultural landscape indicators in the United Kingdom""; ""List of Figures""; ""Figure 1. Share of agriculture in Gross Domestic Product: mid-1990s""; ""Figure 2. Value of final agricultural output in constant 1990 US Purchasing Power Parities: 1985-87 to 1995-97""; ""Figure 3. Share of agricultural employment in total civilian employment: late 1990s""; ""Figure 4. Share of new farmers entering agriculture by age and gender categories: late 1990s""
""Figure 5. Educational level of farmers: mid/late 1990s""""Figure 6. Change in the number of farms: 1985-87 to 1995-97""; ""Figure 7. Percentage Producer Support Estimate: 1986-88 to 1997-99""; ""Figure 8. Share of agricultural land use in the total national land area: 1995-97""; ""Figure 9. Change in the agricultural land area: 1985-87 to 1995-97""; ""Figure 10. Agricultural land area by different use categories: 1995-97""; ""Figure 1. Nominal and real net farm income from agricultural activities: mid-1980s to mid-1990s""
""Figure 2. Public expenditure on agri-environmental goods, services and conservation : 1993 to 1998""
 Overall the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries over the last 10 to 15 years has been mixed. According to the indicators examined in this book pollution levels from nitrogen and pesticide loadings in water remain relatively high, for certain regions within OECD countries. Environmental risks persist, such as soil erosion and water resource depletion, and agriculture's impact on biodiversity, wildlife habitats and landscape has been harmful in some cases. Some positive developments have also occurred. There has been a decrease in nitrogen and pesticide use in many countr
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