International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2020/2021

- Part I Land Tenure Rights and Sustainable Soil Management. - Clash of Modern and Traditional Tenure Concepts: An Overview. - Mutually-Reinforcing Transgressions of Justice in Large Scale Land Acquisitions in the 'Public Interest'. - Soil Steering Law in Germany. - Quantitative Targets, Tradable Planning Permits and Infrastructure Cost Calculators: Examples of Instruments Addressing Land Take in Europe. - Regulating Large-Scale Farmland Investments in Low Income Countries ('Land Grabbing'): Appraising Different Modes of Transnational Governance. - Land Use Policies as Drivers of Land Cover Change in Cameroon. - The Protection of Soil Under Cameroonian Law: The Place of Investors. - Sustainable Land Management Through Social Innovation in Land Tenure. - Part II Recent International Developments on Soil Governance. - UNCCD COP 14: Mirroring Soil and Land's Growing Relevance at the Interface of Climate and Biodiversity; Discussion Focus on Drought and Land Tenure. - Assessment of the African Union, FAO, and UNCCD Roles in Enhancing Soil Governance in Africa Through the Lens of Agriculture Policy Actions. - Part III Regional/National Reports. - Options for Tackling the Challenges of Effective Management of Soils in Africa. - The European Green Deal: Progress for Soil Protection?. - Soil Protection Legislation and Policy in South Africa: An Overview. - Soil Protection Governance in Iran. - Part IV Cross-cutting Issues. - Sustainable Soil Management Threats Resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic. - Soil and Land Stewardship: An Action Perspective for More Soil Care and Protection?. - Innovative Phosphorus Governance: How to Address Recurring Regulatory Shortfalls-The Example of Germany, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. - SoiLEX, The New Tool of the Global Soil Partnership to Strengthen Soil Governance. - Soil Protection, Food Security and the Nexus Between Climate Governance and Trade in Agriculture.