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Haiti: natural disaster or crisis in the making?

Haiti is not just facing a huge humanitarian challenge. Rebuilding and development efforts will have to address a myriad of competing and interrelated issues to help the people of Haiti attain a more secure existence. This article presents three different development perspectives that are important to understanding the challenges that the country faces.

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Forest-based livelihoods in Malawi: ( L.K. Eneya;D.J.K. Saka / Chancellor College, University of Malawi , 2007); This study was conducted to identify and promote forest-based alternative livelihoods for local communities around Malosa Forest Reserve. The objectives are to determine the extent of access by local ...
Forestry experiments in Malawi: ( G. Meke;W. Sagona / Forestry Research Institute of Malawi , 2007); In Malawi over 90 percent of the population use only traditional medicine or use it in combination with western medicine for the treatment of various ailments. Over 60 percent of traditional medicines...
Elnino cause havoc in the Lower Shire of Malawi: ( L.M. Mtilatila / National Research Council of Malawi , 2007); Malawi is affected by floods each and every year. One of the areas highly affected is the Shire Valley, which has seen extreme conditions including heavy rains that result in floods or prolonged dry s...
The need to grow cash crops has a negative effect on deforestation: ( B. Mkwara;D. Marsh / Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato , 2009); Deforestation arising from conversion of forest areas into agriculture is a serious problem in Malawi. This paper discusses competition for agricultural land and investigates why the poor are close...
Solving the long-lasting dispute through an international regime on access and benefit sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity: ( R. Andersen;M.W. Tvedt;O.K. Fauchald / Fridtjof Nansen Institute , 2010); Negotiating access and benefit sharing (ABS) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with a view to mutual supportiveness with other international agreements is a challenging task. This ...
What fate for gorillas in the Congo Basin?: ( C. Nellemann (ed);I. Redmond;J.R. Refisch / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID , 2010); Gorillas are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from logging, mining and charcoal production a...
The conflict between conservation and redistribution of land in Namaqua, South Africa: ( T.A. Benjaminsen;H. Svarstad / Current Conservation , 2009); This article summarises research carried out in Namaqualand in South Africa that identifies the discrepancies between rhetoric and practices in conservation. The author points at an on-going confli...
For poor people, climate change adaptation approaches based on local knowledge and strategies are bound to be more successful than top-down initiatives: ( International Institute for Environment and Development , 2009); It is now become clear that, for poor people, climate change adaptation approaches based on local knowledge and strategies are bound to be more successful than top-down initiatives. The articles in th...
Water politics and development cooperation: ( Peter Mollinga / Springerlink , 2008); The key challenge in the water sector is not a lack of water, knowledge, financial resources or technology. In general, it is the political sphere that determines if water problems are solved or not, ...
Can improved sanitation make children healthier?: ( L Cameron / Young Lives , 2009); Some 250,000 Ethiopian children die each year from poor sanitation, hygiene and water. Ethiopia has ambitious plans to ensure universal access to pit latrines in all rural areas by 2012. But will peop...