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Library ResourceJanuary, 2017Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2017Africa, Western Africa
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Library ResourceMay, 2017Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceAugust, 2017Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2017Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJanuary, 2017Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksApril, 2017Burkina Faso, Africa, Western Africa
The fire severity of the 2013–2014 fire season within Sudanian ecosystems in Burkina Faso was evaluated from Landsat 8 images using derivatives of the Normalized Burn Ratio algorithm (NBR). The relationship between the image-derived severity and the field observed severity i.e. Composite Burn Index (CBI) was best described by a nonlinear model of the form y = a + b*EXP(CBI *c) (R2 = 0.66). Classification of the image-derived burned area into burn severity classes achieved a classification Kappa accuracy statistic of 0.56.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsJuly, 2017Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
In pastoral societies women face many challenges. Some describe these as a ‘double burden’ –
that is, as pastoralists and as women. However, pastoral women may obtain a significant degree
of protection from customary law even if customary institutions are male-dominated. In periods
of change (economic, social, political), this protection may be lost, and without protection from
statutory laws, women are in danger of “falling between two stools” (Adoko and Levine 2009). A -
Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2017Egypt, Asia, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2017Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
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