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Gaisberger, H.Loo, J.[Fruit tree genetic diversity in Central Asia: a spatial threat analysis]Fruit tree genetic diversity in Central Asia: a spatial threat analysis

This paper looks at African livestock herds in Zimbabwe over the period 1890-1980. The focus is on the livestock system in the tribal areas where, under communal land use, there has been long-term concern with environmental deterioration Zimbabwe was chosen because it is one of the few African co...


Jarvis, L.Erickson, R.[Livestock herds, overgrazing and range degradation in Zimbabwe: How and why do the herds keep growing?]Livestock herds, overgrazing and range degradation in Zimbabwe: How and why do the herds keep growing?
Autor: Behnke, R.H.

This paper examines a process - the spontaneous enclosure of the range by livestock owners - which may rise new problems but also permit new approaches to the development of the African livestock industry. Drawing on case material from Sudan and Somalia, the opening section of the paper discusses...


Behnke, R.H.[The implications of spontaneous range enclosure for African livestock development policy]The implications of spontaneous range enclosure for African livestock development policy
Autor: Turner, M.

There has been little experimental work in West Africa that distinguishes grazing from climate effects on rangeland vegetation. In the absence of such Knowledge, the recurrence of boom-bust cycles in livestock populations, along with the seemingly degraded state of semiarid range, have been used ...


Turner, M.[Overstocking the range: A critical analysis of the environmental science of Sahelian pastoralism]Overstocking the range: A critical analysis of the environmental science of Sahelian pastoralism

Discusses issues related to land use with particular reference to rangeland and to land used for extensive or semi-extensive grazing, describing the world distribution of grazing lands, the problem of overgrazing; and practices useful in the improvement of grazing land.


Butterworth, M.H.[Animals in relation to land use]Animals in relation to land use

Describes the vegetation & major landscape features of the Dass, Web-Arero, Melbana & Goff-Ley well areas in Borana, Sidamo, southern Ethiopia, all of which represent a historical sequence in the overgrazing of rangelands. Includes a literature review of bush control, and a list of interventions ...


Bille, Jean-ClaudeEshete, A.Corra, M.[Ecology and ecosystems of the Borana deep wells area]Ecology and ecosystems of the Borana deep wells area
Autor: Barrett, J.C.

Throughout Africa the importance of land use issues in relation to tsetse control planning has been emphasized consistently in the tsetse literature. Because of inappropriate land use, concerns for the environment in tsetse-freed areas have been expressed frequently. This debate is very relevant ...


Barrett, J.C.[Tsetse control, land use and livestock in the development of the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Some policy considerations]Tsetse control, land use and livestock in the development of the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe: Some policy considerations
Autor: Coppock, D.L.

Ethiopia has a vast lowland area that is important for human subsistence and the national economy. This paper reviews the physical and biological features of the lowlands and some Development perspectives that have been pursued since the 1970s. As elsewhere in Ethiopia, the lowlands have growing ...


Coppock, D.L.[The arid and semiarid low lands of Ethiopia: Environments, pastoral economies and issues in natural resources sustainability]The arid and semiarid low lands of Ethiopia: Environments, pastoral economies and issues in natural resources sustainability
Bekele, M.Tesfaye, Y.Mohammed, Z.Zewdie, S.Tebikew, Y.Brockhaus, M.Kassa, H.[The context of REDD+ in Ethiopia: Drivers, agents and institutions]The context of REDD+ in Ethiopia: Drivers, agents and institutions

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