It took scientists more than three decades to transform a perceived desertification crisis in the Sahel into a non-event. Looking beyond the Sahel, the chapters in this book provide case studies from around the world that examine the use and relevance of the desertification concept.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2016Argentina, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, China, Cameroon, Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Central Asia
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Land Use Policy Volume 59
Peer-reviewed publicationDecember, 2016Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, ChadAfter the severe droughts in the 1970s and 1980s, and subsequent debates about desertification, analyses of satellite images reveal that the West African Sahel has become greener again. In this paper we report a study on changes in tree cover and tree species composition in three village landscapes in northern Burkina Faso, based on a combination of methods: tree density change detection using aerial photos and satellite images, a tree species inventory including size class distribution analysis, and interviews with local farmers about woody vegetation changes.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsFebruary, 2016Burkina Faso, Niger, Western Africa
This is a comprehensive literature review of land restoration activities in West Africa Sahel.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2016Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Tanzania, Western Africa, Eastern Africa
We created a matrix of restoration options for each country, including potential benefits of the technologies and possible constraints.
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Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsJanuary, 2016Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Western Africa, Mali, Niger
The present document is a brief technical report highlighting activities relating to the options by context approach. The IFAD- funded project, “Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the
Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scale” was launched in March 2015 and runs until March 2018. The project
action countries include: Niger, Mali, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya. This report will focus on activities carried out in the first -
Library ResourceInstitutional & promotional materialsAugust, 2016Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Western Africa, Mali, Niger
Project goal is to reduce food insecurity and improve livelihoods of poor people living in African
drylands by restoring degraded land
and returning it to effective and sustainable
tree, crop and livestock production, thereby
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2016Mali, Niger, Africa
Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have implications for water availability and utilization by other users, making it imperative to regard water as an economic rather than a free good.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksAugust, 2016Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Argentina, Pakistan, Czech Republic, Romania, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Serbia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Papua New Guinea
This issue of the Land Tenure Journal includes a geographically and technically diverse range of papers covering Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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Library ResourceRegulationsJanuary, 2016Niger
Le présent arrêté met en place un cadre de suivi des travaux de la commission du permis de construire.
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Library ResourceRegulationsJune, 2016Niger
Le présent arrêté fixe la composition de la Commission du Permis de Construire de la Ville de Niamey.
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