International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2020/2021

Harald Ginzky, German Environment Agency, Dessau, GermanyElizabeth Dooley, Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Teagasc, Fermoy, Ireland Irene L. Heuser, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, Kleinmachnow, Germany Patricia Kameri-Mbote, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaRobert Kibugi, University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law, Nairobi, KenyaTill Markus, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany Oliver Ruppel, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Faculty of Law; Research Center for Climate Law, University of Graz, Austria

• - 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.