Based on an international conference held in Prague in 1996, this volume debates the strengths and weaknesses of soil and water conservation initiatives implemented globally. It examines the varying policies employed in North America, Europe, and Australia. The book addresses the need to solve the planet's pressing conservation problems - such as agricultural pollution abatement in Poland, and private farmers and contemporary conservation subsidy programs in the Czech Republic - and to develop effective policies. Soil and Water Conservation Policies: Successes and Failures is a helpful...