SOURCES

Resource-websites:

1. EnviroLink Library http://www.envirolink.org/support/sitemap.html Comprehensive guide to resources related to environmental sites found on the internet

2. Agri-Environmental Resource Guide http://infosys.agrenv.mcgill.ca/~qfa/agrenv Website developed by the QFA that offers farmers many tools (information, resource-persons and organisms) to work towards a more sustainable agriculture.

3. Agriculture Department of Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations (FAO) http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/Default.htm This website covers topics such as animal production and health, land and water development, plant production and protection and agricultural support systems.

Resource-books:

1. SCHWAB, Glenn O. et. al., Soil and Water Conservation Engineering--Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 1993, 507 pages.

2. PIERCE, F.J. and W.W. FRYE, Advances in Soil and Water Conservation, Sleeping Bear Press, Inc, U.S.A., 1998, 239 pages

3. CLARKE, Robin, Protect and Produce : Conservation for Development, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Italy, 1986, 40 pp.

4. GARDNER, Gary, Shrinking fields: cropland loss in a world of eight billions, World Watch Paper, No.31, July 1996, World Watch Institute, pp. 5-41

5. HUDSON, Norman, Soil Conservation-Fully Revised and Updated Third Edition, BT Batsford Limited, London, 1995, 391 pp.

6. Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation, Vivez bien avec la terre-Une question d'équilibre, Gouvernement du Québec, 1988, 50 pp.

7. MORGAN, R.P.C. and R.J. RICKSON, Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control: A bioengineering approach, E & FN SPON, London, 1995, 274 pp.

8. Ontario Best Management Practices series of booklets published by OMAFRA & Agriculture Canada

   Titles:

   Farm Forestry and Habitat Management

   Field Crop Production

   Fish and Wildlife Management

   Horticultural Crops

   Irrigation Management

   Livestock and Poultry Waste Management

   Nutrient Management

   Soil Management

   Water Management

9. SIMS, Denis and G.THOMAS, Our Land, Our Future, United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Italy, 1996, 48 pp

10. SPEDDING, Colin R.W., Agriculture and the Citizen, Chapman & Hall, London, 1996, 282 pages

11. TETRAULT, Michel, "Squandering the Soil", Development, Spring 1992, CIDA, pp.14-20

12. WORLD SOIL RESOURCES REPORTS, Land Degradation in South Asia,: Its Severity, Causes and Effects Upon People, Volume 78, FAO, UNDP and UNEP, Rome, 1994, 100 pp

Resource-organisms:

1. International Erosion Control Association (IECA) It is a non-profit, memeber organization that provides education and resource information about erosion control. Website: http://www.ieca.org
   Postal address: P.O Box 774904
   Streamboat Springs, CO 80477-4904 USA
   Tel: 800-455-4322
   Fax: 970-879-8565
   
   Email: ecinfo@ieca.org

2. Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) It is an international, non-profit, scientific and educational organization of professional conservationists. Website: http://www.swcs.org/
   Postal address: 7515 NE Ankeny Road
   Ankeny, Iowa 50021 USA
   Tel: 515-289-2331
   Fax: 515-289-1827

3. The Watershed Management Council It is a non-profit organization whose members includes professional, teachers, students and individuals interested in promoting proper watershed management. Website: http://watershed.org/wmchome/