How do we – as decision makers and policy implementers – assist dryland communities to become more resilient? There is no simple answer or single solution, but there are many emerging options and good examples of successful initiatives from within eastern Africa and beyond the region. This brief ...
Wagner B
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Njenga M
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Iiyama, Miyuki
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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[Towards greater resilience in the drylands: trees are the key]
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Towards greater resilience in the drylands: trees are the key
In this section we provide a more in-depth look at the role trees play in the provision of goods and
services in multifunctional landscapes. Tree growth is, however, vulnerable to climate variability,
depending on the physiological properties of the tree and characteristics of the site. A further...
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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Gebrekirstos, Aster
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Muthuri C
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Dawson, I.
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Kindt, Roeland
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Nyberg Y
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Dietz, Johannes
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Bayala, Jules
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Kuyah S
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Ong CK
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Sotelo Montes, Carmen
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Weber, John C.
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Hairiah K
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Trees as providers of environmental services in multifunctional landscapes are vulnerable to climate change]
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Trees as providers of environmental services in multifunctional landscapes are vulnerable to climate change
Many developing countries, Kenya included, want to diversify their domestic energy supply
hence reduce dependence on highly volatile fossil fuel prices, enhance access to energy in rural areas, promote rural development and to reduce carbon emissions.This study was done to assess the potential fo...
Ndegwa G
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Moraa V
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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Mowo J
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Nyabenge, M.
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Iiyama, Miyuki
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[Potential for biofuel feedstock in Kenya]
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Potential for biofuel feedstock in Kenya
Providing a detailed picture of the values of trees for local people in the tropics is a difficult undertaking. Not only does this represent the difficulty in accounting for values outside formal markets, but it also reflects the multiplicity of the species involved and the many different ways in...
Neufeldt, Henry
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Dawson, Ian K.
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Luedeling, Eike
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Beedy, Tracy
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Gebrekirstos, Aster
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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König, K.
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Sileshi, Gudeta W.
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Simelton, Elisabeth
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Sotelo Montes, Carmen
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Weber, John C.
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[Climate change vulnerability of agroforestry]
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Climate change vulnerability of agroforestry
The main argument in this section is that changing (or 'transforming') landscapes and lives are mutually dependent on each other, as they are closely linked in time and space. Within the landscape continuum, the roles of landscape elements in supplying goods and services to local livelihoods, how...
Woodfuel plays a critical role in energy provision in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and is predicted to remain dominant within the energy portfolio of the population in the coming decades. Although current inefficient technologies of production and consumption are associated with negative socio-econo...
Iiyama, Miyuki
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Dobie, P.
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Njenga M
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Ndegwa G
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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[The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa]
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The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa
Anthropogenic climate change has significant consequences for the sustainability and productivity of agroforestry ecosystems upon which millions of smallholders in the tropics depend and that provide valuable global services. We here consider the current state of knowledge of the impacts of clima...
Dawson, Ian K.
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Vinceti, B.
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Weber, John C.
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Russell J
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Lengkeek AG
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Kalinganire, Antoine
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Kindt, Roeland
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Lillesø, Jens-Peter B.
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Roshetko, James
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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[Climate change and tree genetic resource management: maintaining and enhancing the productivity and value of smallholder agroforestry landscapes: a review]
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Climate change and tree genetic resource management: maintaining and enhancing the productivity and value of smallholder agroforestry landscapes: a review