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This paper focuses on the conceptual evolution of watershed management within the context of an action research program operating in the highlands of eastern Africa, as informed by both theory and practice. Following a review of the watershed management literature, and brief program and methodolo...


German, L.Mansoor, H.Alemu, G.Mazengia, W.Amede, TilahunStroud, Ann[Participatory integrated watershed management: Evolution of concepts and methods in an ecoregional program of the eastern African highlands]Participatory integrated watershed management: Evolution of concepts and methods in an ecoregional program of the eastern African highlands

China’s growing presence in Africa’s extractive industries has been the subject of much debate in recent years, reflecting concerns about both environmental sustainability and the governance of resource wealth for long-term benefit. In Cameroon, since 2000 the largest timber concession in the cou...


Cerutti, P.O.Assembe-Mvondo, S.German, L.Putzel, L.[Is China unique?: exploring the behaviour of Chinese and European firms in the Cameroonian logging sector]Is China unique?: exploring the behaviour of Chinese and European firms in the Cameroonian logging sector

The historical emphasis on technological innovation as a pathway to rural development has obscured the institutional foundations of development – in this case, the role of local and external organizations in shaping patterns of benefits capture. Agrarian communities have a host of ways in which t...


German, L.Ayele, SeifeMazengia, WTsegaye, M.Abere, K.Bedane, K.Geta, E.Tolera, T.Taye, H.[Institutional foundations of agricultural development in Ethiopia: drawing lessons from current practice for agricultural R&D]Institutional foundations of agricultural development in Ethiopia: drawing lessons from current practice for agricultural R&D

Property rights theory has contributed a great deal to global understanding of the factors shaping the management, governance and sustainability of discrete property regimes (individual, State, commons). Yet as the commons become increasingly altered and enclosed and management challenges extend ...


German, L.Keeler, A.[Hybrid institutions: applications of common property theory beyond discrete property regimes]Hybrid institutions: applications of common property theory beyond discrete property regimes

Strategies for environmental governance and conservation in Africa have relied on regulatory mechanisms (policies) that further restrict already limited livelihood options by prohibiting certain land uses and isolating people from forest resources. Environmental service rewards (ESR) present an o...


German, L.Villamor, G.Twine, Edgar E.Velarde, S.J.Kidane, B.[Environmental services and the precautionary principle: using scenarios to reconcile conservation and livelihood objectives in upper catchments]Environmental services and the precautionary principle: using scenarios to reconcile conservation and livelihood objectives in upper catchments

The highlands of Eastern Africa are characterized by high population densities and tightly coupled interactions between adjacent landscape units and users. Effective formal or informal natural resource governance is necessary to mitigate the potential negative social and environmental effects of ...


German, L.Mazengia, WTaye, H.Tsegaye, M.Ayele, SeifeCharamila, S.Wickama, J.[Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance”]Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance”

The rapidly growing biofuel sector in Africa has, in recent years, been received with divided interest. As part of a contemporary wave of agricultural modernization efforts, it could make invaluable contributions to rural poverty. Conversely, it could also engender socioeconomically and environme...


Schoneveld, G.C.German, L.Nutakor, E.[Land-based Investments for rural development?: A grounded analysis of the local Impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana]Land-based Investments for rural development?: A grounded analysis of the local Impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana

High oil prices, recent commitments by industrialized countries to enhance the use of renewable energy, and efforts by developing countries to stimulate foreign investment as a pathway to development have fueled high levels of interest in the biofuel sector throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa. ...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Gumbo, D.J.[The local social and environmental impacts of smallholder-based biofuel investments in Zambia]The local social and environmental impacts of smallholder-based biofuel investments in Zambia
German, L.Taye, H.[A framework for evaluating effectiveness and inclusiveness of collective action in watershed management]A framework for evaluating effectiveness and inclusiveness of collective action in watershed management
German, L.Ayele, SeifeAdmassu, Z.[Managing linkages between communal rangelands and private cropland in the highlands of Eastern Africa: contributions to participatory integrated watershed management]Managing linkages between communal rangelands and private cropland in the highlands of Eastern Africa: contributions to participatory integrated watershed management

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