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  Land, people and forests in Eastern and Southern Africa: a study of the impact of land relations upon community involvement in forest future

  Land Rights in Africa, Oxfam, 2000

  Examines the relationship of people’s rights in land to the manner in which they may be involved in the management of forests in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and to a lesser degree Botswana and Swaziland.Includes examination of property relations, state power, land reform, recognition of customary rights, the changing nature o
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  Linking development with democratic processes in India: political capital and sustainable livelihoods analysis

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2001

  This paper examines how far Sustainable Livelihoods analysis helps in understanding the complex power relations influencing the rightful access by the poor to assets and entitlements. Paper asserts that these power relations also influence the range of feasible livelihood options, and the type and level of benefits they generate.
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  A solution to desertification: holistic resource management

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1989

  It is clear from the failure of our efforts in many countries to halt the desertification process - deserts are now advancing at a rate of nearly 15,000,000 acres a year worldwide (Worrall 1984) (that something was missing in our knowledge of the problem).
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  Introducing community forestry: annotated listing of topics and readings (FAO)

  Forests, Trees and People Programme and Network, FAO - SLU, 1999
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  Review of integrated approaches to river basin planning, development, and management

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  A review of models for river basin development, operations, management, water quantity and quality, recreational demand, countrywide planning, and multiple objective planning.Piecemeal approaches to river basin development and management may not fully recognize the interactions and interdependencies among components of a river basin system.
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  Tragedy of the Commons for Community-based Forest Management in Latin America?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997

  This paper considers the evidence surrounding the popular view that common property management regimes (CPMRs) of forest management in Latin America must inevitably break down in the face of economic and demographic pressures. The evidence shows that there have been both positive and negative experiences, with a number of policy implications.
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  Erosion de suelos en America Latina

  FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1994
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  Halting degradation of natural resources: is there a role for rural communities?

  FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1996
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  Key aspects of strategies for the sustainable development of drylands

  FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1993
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  Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa project

  Centre for Development Cooperation Services, Free University, Amsterdam, 1999

  Research project using participatory methods to improve the effectiveness of indigenous and modern soil and water conservation practices through a process of joint experimentation involving farmers, researchers, extension and NGO staff. Countries covered are Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zimbabwe.

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