Indigenous knowledge
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- False sustainability claims by the Malaysian palm oil lobby
- ( M. Raman;A. van Schaik;K Richter / Friends of the Earth International , 2008)
- Focusing on Sarawak, this paper confronts the misleading claims of the Malaysian palmoil lobby and aims to inform decision makers about the serious sustainability challenges the palm oil sector faces ...
- Bee-keeping in Southern Ethiopia: development interventions must recognise indigenous knoweldge
- ( A. Shiferaw;B. Dindamo;K. Berhe;A. Tegegne;D. Hoekstra / International Livestock Research Institute , 2008)
- Honey is one of the priority commodities of the Alaba special woreda (district) of Southern Ethiopia. While indigenous knowledge provides the cultural basis for bee-keeping in the woreda, efforts are ...
- Could the traditional Hima system of resource tenure help address modern development and conservation challenges?
- ( K. Hala;A. Serhal;O. Llewlyn / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2007)
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The Hima is a traditional system of resource tenure that has been practiced for more than 1400 years in the Arabian Peninsular. With the numerous deteriorations that came and halted advancement in ...
- Climate change and sub-Saharan Africa: points of vulnerability and potential for adaptation
- ( H. Connor;L. Mqadi;P. Mukheibir / HELIO International , 2007)
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Africa is vulnerable to climate change on two fronts: firstly, because of existing vulnerabilities and secondly, due to capacity limitations for disaster mitigation and inability to adapt to c...
Integrating ecological dimensions into development actions
- ( Y. Laumonier;R. Bourgeois;J., L. Pfund / Ecology and Society , 2008)
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At the interface of environmental and social issues, not enough is known about the links between
policies, regionally important biophysical factors, local natural resource management sustaina... Improving soil quality: experiences and strategies from around the world
- ( Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture / LEISA , 2008)
- Soil regulates water, sustains plant and animal life, recycles organic wastes, cycles nutrients, filters out pollutants, and serves as a physical support for structures. Yet, soil is also a living ent...
Protecting pastoralists' livelihoods: lessons from Ngorongoro, Tanzania
- ( N. Kipuri;C. Sørensen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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Recent years have seen pastoralist communities in Tanzania becoming increasingly impoverished and vulnerable, due to livestock diseases, drought, fluctuating market prices and unfavourable po...
Previously neglected and undervalued crops could hold the key to food security for the poor
- ( New Agriculturalist , 2008)
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Increasingly, global food security has become dependent on a shrinking basket of a select number of crops. With prices for staple crops such as rice, wheat and maize having recently doubled or even...
- Towards food sovereignty: reclaiming autonomous food systems
- ( International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
- Throughout the world, social movements are the driving force behind a new food sovereignty policy framework, which aims to guarantee and protect people’s space, ability and right to define their...
An exploration of sustainable urban agriculture
- ( R. Van Veenhuizen / RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine , 2006)
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The book aims to enhance understanding of the role urban agriculture can play in promoting inclusive, green and productive cities and provide ways to facilitate safe and sustainable urban agricultu...
