The overlap of large carnivores, livestock and people can engender conflicts that often threaten the future viability of carnivore populations in the pastoral systems of Africa. A playback survey of lions Panthera leo, spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta and black-backed jackals Canis mesomelas and a ...
Ogutu, J.
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Bhola, N.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[The effects of pastoralism and protection on the density and distribution of carnivores and their prey in the Mara ecosystem of Kenya]
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The effects of pastoralism and protection on the density and distribution of carnivores and their prey in the Mara ecosystem of Kenya
Few studies of land-use/land-cover change provide an integrated assessment of the driving forces and consequences of that change, particularly in Africa. Our objectives were to determine how driving forces at different scales change over time, how these forces affect the dynamics and patterns of ...
Reid, Robin S.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Muthui, N.
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Taye, A.
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Wotton, S.
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Wilson, C.J.
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Mulatu, W.
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[Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to changes in climatic, biological and socio-political forces: The case of southwestern Ethiopia]
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Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to changes in climatic, biological and socio-political forces: The case of southwestern Ethiopia
Improved understandings of the agricultural and range ecologies of semi-arid Africa require better information on the spatiotemporal distribution of domestic livestock across agropastoral landscapes. An empirical GIS-based approach was developed for estimating distributions of herded livestock a...
Turner, M.D.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[The use of herders' accounts to map livestock activities across agropastoral landscapes in Semi-Arid Africa]
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The use of herders' accounts to map livestock activities across agropastoral landscapes in Semi-Arid Africa
Poor cropland fertility and a rapidly rising demand for food force Sahelian farmers to cultivate more land and shorten fallow periods. This mostly leads to a gradual decline in crop yields per hectare, which can be counterbalanced by the systematic use of livestock manure on cropland. To assess t...
Schlecht, E.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Achard, F.
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Turner, M.D.
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[Livestock related nutrient budgets within village territories in western Niger]
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Livestock related nutrient budgets within village territories in western Niger
Many people want to improve the governance of forest areas, yet what is considered good governance is not necessarily self-evident or agreed upon by everyone. This study demonstrates the diversity of views held by communities and government officials in Malinau, Indonesian Borneo about what they ...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Limberg, G.
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Iwan, R.
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Rahmawati, R.
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Moeliono, M.
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[Our forest, our decision: a survey of principles for local decision-making in Malinau]
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Our forest, our decision: a survey of principles for local decision-making in Malinau
Bui, Le Vinh
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Stahr, Karl
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Clemens, Gerhard
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[A fuzzy logic slope-form system for predictive soil mapping of a landscape-scale area with strong relief conditions]
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A fuzzy logic slope-form system for predictive soil mapping of a landscape-scale area with strong relief conditions
Incentives intended to stimulate better land use practices often don't work as intended, and can have undesirable side effects that were not foreseen. How can we better equip policy makers and their advisors to envisage fully the efficacy and consequences of initiatives? One way is to provide a d...
This paper recounts of a household survey done in Long Segar, East Kalimantan, in June 1997, covering the period from 1991-1997. This survey is a follow-up survey of land use, conducted first in 1980 (1962-1980) and again in 1991 (1981-1991). The initial purpose of the 1997 survey was to assess c...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Salim, A.
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[Kenyah forest use in East Kalimantan: responses to El Nino, transmigration and HTI]
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Kenyah forest use in East Kalimantan: responses to El Nino, transmigration and HTI
This article, which synthesizes the results of more than 140 economic models analyzing the causes of tropical deforestation, raises significant doubts about many conventional hypotheses in the debate about deforestation. More roads, higher agricultural prices, lower wages, and a shortage of off-f...
Angelsen, A.
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Kaimowitz, D.
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[Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models]
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Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models