Located in the continent of Asia, Philippines covers 298,170 square kilometers of land and 1,830 square kilometers of water, making it the 73rd largest nation in the world with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers. The Philippines became an independent state in 1946, after gaining its sovereignty from Spain.
The Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic in conjunction with the Center works with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local governments and communities within watersheds in West Virginia to provide transactional legal assistance to protect and enhance water quality and promote sustainable land use practices.
What is the likely effect on marginal agricultural land use (such as rough grazing) as a result of climate change in a country like the UK? Climate change will affect agricultural land use. However it is less clear how individual land use types will change. Within the UK rough grazing land (marginal agricultural land) is important for many ecosystem services. Will it be increasingly converted into more or less intensive use due to the warmer and drier conditions expected for the UK?