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  Tourism, local livelihoods, and the private sector in South Africa: case studies on the growing role of the private sector in Natural Resources Management

  Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003

  Looks at how changing institutional arrangements and policies affect poor people's livelihoods and access to natural resources.It addresses tourism in South Africa, and the growing role of the private sector in natural resource management.
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  Wildlife management and land reform in Southeastern Zimbabwe: a compatible pairing or a contradiction in terms?

  Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003

  Is land reform compatible with wildlife management? Zimbabwe is seeking to combine the redistribution of large, 'under-utilised' landholdings to smallholders, with wildlife management, which needs extensive land holdings to be viable.
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  The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA): 2002

  Fisheries Department, FAO, 2002

  This publication collates the latest information on the status of fisheries and issues affecting fisheries and aquaculture globally.
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  The economics of worldwide coral reef degradation

  International Coral Reef Action Network, 2003

  Estimates in this report state that coral reefs provide each year nearly US$ 30 billion in net benefits in goods and services to world economies, including, tourism, fisheries and coastal protection. Yet, according to this report, coral reefs are under heavy pressure. Already, 27% is permanently lost and with current trends, a further 30% is at risk of being lost in the coming thirty years.
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  Community based natural resources management in Mozambique: a theoretical or practical strategy for local sustainable development?: the case study of Derre Forest Reserve

  IUCN, Mozambique, 2003

  What does community based natural resource management (CBNRM) mean for Mozambique's poor?Through the case study of Derre Forest Reserve in Zambezia province, this paper explores the theory and practice of CBNRM, an approach which has been widely promoted in southern Africa, and is central to elements of the Mozambican forestry and wildlife policy of 1999.The paper examines the history of com
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  Genetically modified crops and sustainable poverty alleviation in Sub Saharan Africa: an assessment of current evidence

  Third World Network Africa, 2003

  This paper recasts the debate over biotechnology by empirically evaluating current experiences with genetically modified crops in Africa. The debate is moved from hypothetical risks, to actual results.
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  Community-based eco-tourism on the Wild Coast, South Africa: the case of the Amadiba Trail

  Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003

  This paper investigates the origins and current operation of the Amadiba Horse and Hiking Trail, a community-based initiative located on South Africa's Wild Coast. The trail project presents itself as a people-centred, designed to involve the Amadiba people in all aspects of running a project including planning, implementation, management and decision making.
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  Recreational scuba diving in Caribbean Marine Protected Areas: do the users pay?

  International Coral Reef Action Network, 2003

  There are more than 200 marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Caribbean and Central America that contain coral reefs and are therefore theoretically attractive to scuba divers. This study surveyed one fifth of dive operators in 30 countries for their use of MPAs.
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  Saving the great apes from Ebola

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  This article reports on a Science Magazine feature which describes how conservationists, primatologists and disease experts are arguing over whether they can or should do anything to limit the spread of the Ebola.
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  Five thousand years of sustainablity?: a case study on Gedeo Land use (Southern Ethiopia)

  Treemail, 2002

  This paper presents a case study of an ancient land-use practice that feeds over 450 people/km2 in a mountainous tropical region without terracing, tilling or agrochemical inputs. In this case study of a staple crop ensete, soil fertility and a strong performance in security of production are retained.

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