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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2007South Africa, Tanzania, Southern Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2007Brazil, Honduras, Malawi, Mozambique, Indonesia, Uganda, Vietnam
This paper examines poverty and deforestation in developing countries as linked problems and focuses on policies that can favour poverty alleviation in forested regions. The paper encompasses two elements: analysis of the spatial coincidence between poverty and forests, and proposed policy options for reducing poverty in forested areas.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2007Kenya, Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa
The Maasai Mara Ecosystem (MME) is one of the key wildlife areas in Kenya and has more wildlife than any other part of the country. However, aerial surveys by the Department for Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS) show that Mara lost 60% of it’s resident wildlife in the last 25 years. As human populations grow, and crop farming expands and land privatizes, these pressures will only grow.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2007Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2007Kenya, Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa
The semi-arid Kitengela plains south of Nairobi National Park (NNP) have been the longtime
home of the Kaputiei Maasai community. Together with NNP these plains form the
Athi-Kaputiei ecosystem. The plains host rich populations of wildlife and are vital to the
health of NNP, since 70 to 80 percent of the Park’s animals roam outside it’s boundaries
at any one time.
But the rangeland that once seemed endless is now splintering. Close to the ever
expanding Nairobi, the Kitengela plains are experiencing a population boom, rising land
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2007Ethiopia, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2007Africa, Eastern Africa
This guide explains how to obtain high-quality tree seedlings through a tree nursery.
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