Natural resource management
- Gender and desertification: expanding roles for women to restore drylands
- This review examines the impact of desertification on women, their role in the management of natural resources and drylands, and the constraints they face. It presents project experience in addressing women as natural resource users and managers in dryland areas, highlights some of the approaches used to reach women more effectively, and provides recommendations for expanding women's roles in order to restore dryland areas.
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- Is there balance between conservation and consumption of natural resources in Malawi?
- ( E. Kaunda;O. Chapotoka / Bunda College of Agriculture , 2011)
- In a country where over 75% of the families cannot feed themselves, producing on average only 64% of their own food requirements, and where at least 500-1,000 people died of hunger and hunger-related ...
- The implementation of water resource management in the Lake Chilwa catchment area, Malawi
- ( G.M.S. Chavula / University of Malawi - The Polytechnic , 2010)
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The Lake Chilwa Basin is important for fishing,agricultural production, research and a source of water supply for the Municipality of Zomba, Southern Malawi. The local population depend on the...
- A bio-economic model of fishery exploitation of Lake Malombe Chambo, Malawi
- ( F. Manguza-Tembo / Bunda College of Agriculture , 2002)
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The importance of fisheries resources to the economy of Malawi cannot be understated. These resources make a significant contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), provide both direct and in...
- Re-defining African conflict management strategies
- ( P.A.N. Mwanika / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2010)
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This brief paper argues that environmental degradation in forms such as desertification, resource depletion and demographic pressure exacerbates tensions and instability. The paper particularly foc...
Climate mitigation efforts in Nepal
- ( S. Agrawala;V. Raksakulthai;M. van Aalst / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 2003)
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This report presents the integrated case study for Nepal carried out under an OECD project on Development and Climate Change. The report is structured around a three-tier framework. First, recent c...
- Maintaining ocean ecosystems for reducing climate change
- ( C. Nellemann (ed);E. Corcoran;C. M. Duarte / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID , 2009)
- While the reduction of emissions are currently at the center of climate change discussions, the critical role of the oceans and ocean ecosystems has been vastly overlooked. The objective of this repor...
- How can the environment be protected during armed conflict?
- ( E.M. Mrema;C. Bruch;J. Diamond / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2009)
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This report seeks to identify gaps and weaknesses in the current international legal framework for protecting the environment during armed conflict. It aims to understand how natural resources...
- Better integrated management of water resources and regulation is needed to manage chronic water scarcity in this region
- ( K. Frenken (ed) / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2009)
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This FAO report aims to provide an accurate status of rural water resources management, with a special focus on irrigation, highlighting the major changes that have occurred in the last d...
- Urgent need for climate change adaptation measures in Arab countries
- ( M.K. Tolba (ed);N.W. Saab (ed) / Arab Forum for Environment and Development , 2009)
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Although greenhouse gas emissions from the Arab world amount to 4.2% of global emissions, the impact of climate change on the fragile environment of the region and its people is expected to be imme...
- Importance of wildlife resources for food and livelihood security in Equatorial Guinea
- ( S. Allebone-Webb / Zoological Society of London , 2009)
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This thesis shows that two rural villages in continental Equatorial Guinea consume, produce and earn significant amounts from wildlife resources, particularly bushmeat. The author notes that throug...
