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Book Politics  Property and Production in the West African Sahel

Download or read book Politics Property and Production in the West African Sahel written by Tor Arve Benjaminsen and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 2001 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a number of case studies from the West African Sahel, this book links and explores natural resources management from the perspectives of politics, property and production.

Book Land Tenure and Resource Access in West Africa

Download or read book Land Tenure and Resource Access in West Africa written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 1999 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Range and Animal Sciences and Resources Management   Volume II

Download or read book Range and Animal Sciences and Resources Management Volume II written by Victor R. Squires and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Range and Animal Sciences and Resources Management is a component of Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Rangelands comprise over forty percent of the earth's land surface and, as one of the most prevalent land systems on the planet, rangelands are critical habitats for myriad plant and animal species and form many of the world's major watersheds Rangelands are categorized in two distinct ways: (a) as a type of land or (b) a type of (land) use. This theme with contributions from distinguished experts in the field discusses about Range and Animal Sciences and Resources Management in several related topics. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Book Contested Lands in Southern and Eastern Africa

Download or read book Contested Lands in Southern and Eastern Africa written by Robin H. Palmer and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 1997 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions of land tenure and land reform, and their impact on poor and vulnerable communities, are of vital importance throughout Southern and Eastern Africa. From the vast literature on the subject, Robin Palmer has selected and summarized more than 300 recent books, articles, academic theses, and reports of conferences and workshops. This survey includes studies of Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In addition to major sections on economic and legal issues, special sections feature studies of Land and Pastoralism, and Land and Women.

Book Halting Degradation of Natural Resources

Download or read book Halting Degradation of Natural Resources written by Jean-Marie Baland and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stress is then laid on the global context within which user groups operate, including the nature and the forms of state intervention and the effects of increasing market integration. To date, this context has generally been uncongenial to community-based resource management; therefore, the authors recommend that, whenever a co-management approach is feasible, the concrete institutional form adopted is tailored to the specific features of local cultures.

Book Livestock and Resource Management Policy

Download or read book Livestock and Resource Management Policy written by Simeon Ehui and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Desertification Control and Renewable Resource Management in the Sahelian and Sudanian Zones of West Africa

Download or read book Desertification Control and Renewable Resource Management in the Sahelian and Sudanian Zones of West Africa written by François Falloux and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a compendium of papers presented at the " Workshop on Desertification Control and Renewable Resource Management " held in Oslo, Norway in June 1986. The main objective of the workshop was to develop workable guidelines for addressing the problem of resource depletion in the Sahelian and Sudanian zones of West Africa. Major policy areas covered include land tenure, water management, household energy use, production systems and migration. The contributors have attempted to describe how existing control and incentive schemes can be modified to encourage the establishment of sustainable resource management in those areas, and to define the political, institutional and economic responsibilities involved

Book A I D  Research and Development Abstracts

Download or read book A I D Research and Development Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming

Download or read book Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming written by Junliang Tian and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-05-24 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I've seen the Sudan, traveled in South and Central America and been all over Europe, but I've never seen what I've been able to see on this tour [of the Loess Plateau, China]." -Ed Skidmore, soil scientist, Wind Erosion Research Unit of the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Manhattan, Kansas Overpopulation is at the core of most en

Book Sustainable Development and Planning III

Download or read book Sustainable Development and Planning III written by A. Kungolos and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, in many countries there has been, an increase in spatial problems that has led to planning crisis. Planning problems often connected with uneven development, deterioration of the quality of urban life and destruction of the environment. The increase urbanisation of the world coupled with global issues of the environmental pollution, resource shortage and economic restructuring demand that we make our cities places worth living in. Problems of environmental management and planning are not restricted to urban areas. Environments such as rural areas, forests, coastal regions and mountains face their own problems that require urgent solutions in order to avoid irreversible damages. The use of modern technologies in planning gives us new potential to monitor and prevent environmental degradation. Effective strategies for management should consider planning and regional development, two closely related disciplines and emphasise the demand to handle these matters in an integrated way.Containing papers presented at the Third International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, this book addresses the subjects of regional development in an integrated way as well as in accordance with the principles of sustainability. Notable topics include: Regional Planning; City Planning; Rural Development; Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental Management; Environmental Legislation and Policy; Integrated Territorial and Environmental Risk Analysis; Ecosystems Analysis; Protection and Remediation; Social and Cultural Issues; Environmental Economics; Geo-Informatics; Urban Landscapes; Transportation; Waste Management and Resources Management.

Book Country Profiles of Land Tenure

Download or read book Country Profiles of Land Tenure written by John W. Bruce and published by University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Tenure Center. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Social Learning in Community Forests

Download or read book Social Learning in Community Forests written by Eva Wollenberg and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: