Report of the Consultation on Sustainable Development and Environment in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development, Santiago, Chile, 28 to 30 April 1992

Contains information on soil resources, land use, erosion, salinization, desertification, management of soil and water resources, fragile ecosystems, agriculture and water pollution, water and soil conservation, treatment and use of sewage water in irrigation, rehabilitation of degraded lands, use of agro-chemicals, health impacts, integrated pest control, and gives suggestions for action on sustainable agriculture and rural development. This paper attempts to present a broad view of the problems presently hindering the conservation of biological diversity and of its relationship to biotechnology and to suggest possible solutions which are becoming an interesting economic alternative for the developing countries. (author)