Memorandum Circular No. 17, Series of 2020 adopting the Sustainable Land Management Training Manual for Trainers. Country/Territory Philippines Document type Miscellaneous Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Capacity building Land-use planning Environmental planning Integrated management Sustainable use Survey/mapping Policy/planning Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately upon approval. Abstract This Memorandum Circular adopts the Sustainable Land Management Training Manual for Trainers. The SLM Project developed the Sustainable Land Management Training Manual which covers four modules: Module 1. Soil Erosion and Degradation; Module 2. Soil Carbon, Backbone of Soil Health and Fertility; Module 3. Land Degradation and Composite Land Degradation Index monitoring System Guidelines; and Module 4. Photo-Visual Mapping, Recording and Assessment for the Establishment of the Composite Land Degradation Index Monitoring System. The Sustainable Land Management Training Manual will be used by trainers from DA Staff Offices, Regional Field Offices (RFOs), and its attached agencies, bureaus, corporations, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), its regional field offices and bureaus, and the DILG. Full text English Website www.da.gov.ph