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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2009
    Mali

    Au Mali, au début des années 1990, la décentralisation fut d’abord un acte politique permettant de proposer une solution viable au problème de la rébellion touarègue.Ensuite, les aspirations aux idées occidentales démocratiques (pluralisme politique,liberté de la presse, etc.) d’une partie des élites urbaines ont rencontré les plans des occidentaux pour le développement de l’Afrique pour donner un système de décentralisation territoriale à la française, mais où la commune est composée d’un ensemble

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Ethiopia, Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, China, Syrian Arab Republic, Australia

    Desertification, land degradation and drought affect more than 2 billion people and the situation might worsen due to the unsustainable use of soil and water under present scenarios of climate change. The UNCCD 10-year strategy points out the importance of science, knowledge sharing systems and awareness raising to support policymakers in reversing this trend. Sustainable land management practices, including sustainable agriculture, provide important local, regional and global benefits.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia

    The paper analyzes a sample of existing or in-formulation policy frameworks governing access and security of tenure over major natural assets such as land, forests and wildlife. The fundamental question that runs through the analysis in the paper concerns the extent to which security of resource tenure can mediate the achievement of the MDGs. The overall objective is to apply existing knowledge on land-related development and land rights into principles of policy formulation and implementation processes.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2009
    Kenya

    This analysis and recommendations stem from USAID/Kenya’s request for an assessment of Kenya’s draft National Land Policy (dNLP).4 It was conducted under the global task order: Property Rights and Resource Governance Program, a mechanism designed and supervised by USAID-EGAT’s Land Resources Management Team under the Office of Natural Resources Management.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Kenya

    The Kenyan below-ground biodiversity (BGBD) team selected two benchmark sites for the inventory of soil biota which were the Irangi and Ngangao forest sites located in Mount Kenya region of Embu District and the Taita Hills area of Taita Taveta District. These two sites are found in biodiversity hotspots that support rare and endemic plant and animal species. The larger Embu and Taita benchmark areas were demarcated
    into sampling areas which are referred to as windows ’W’ in this study. Site characterization was carried out using the method provided by FAO-UNESCO for

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Kenya

    The diversity of nematode destroying fungi in Taita Taveta, Wundanyi division, Coast
    Province, Kenya, was investigated between May 2006 and December 2007 aiming at harnessing
    their potential in the biological control of plant parasitic nematodes in the area.
    Given that the intensity of land cultivation is continually increasing in the study area, it is
    prudent to document the status of the nematode destroying fungi before the remaining
    forest habitats are ultimately disrupted. Soil samples were collected from forest, maize/

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Kenya

    This paper presents data on diversity and abundance of soil macrofauna of various land use systems in Embu, Kenya (natural forest, plantation forest, fallow, coffee, tea, napier, and maize). Each was sampled for macrofauna using three sampling methods (monolith,
    transect and pitfall traps). Thirty four (34) genera/species of soil macrofauna were recorded, the highest number (27) being observed in napier. Majority of these genera/species being Coleoptera. Rényi diversity profile indicated that in terms of

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Kenya

    Land as a resource and factor of production plays a major role in the development of a country. The management and administration of land is
    done through structures and processes that are governed by the existing institutional and regulatory frameworks. In most of the countries, these
    processes are undertaken by public service institutions (central and local government), which are not only the custodians of public land but of
    records and information pertaining to land rights. With the world becoming a global village, it has become apparent that the performance of

  9. Library Resource

    Estructura de la comunidad de la macrofauna del suelo en diversos sistemas de usos de suelo de Taita, Kenia

    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Kenya

    This paper presents data on diversity and abundance of soil macrofauna in various land use systems in Taita (natural forest, plantation forest, fallow, coffee, napier, and maize, Horticulture. Each was sampled for macrofauna using three sampling methods (monolith,
    transect and pitfall trapping). Seventy eight (78) genera/species were recorded across the different land use systems of Taita. Rényi diversity profile indicated no significant differences in species richness across land use systems as reflected by the very close

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Kenya

    Participatory rural appraisal techniques and a survey of 100 households were used to evaluate livestock production, and pastoral development of the Maasai in Mara. It was observed that patterns of land-use have principally changed from nomadic pastoralism to sedentary pastoralism, agropastoralism, and, in some cases, pure cultivation. These trends have adversely affected livestock production and the productive capacity of the Mara ecosystem.

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