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Frontier areas in Latin America have been characterized by land speculation, abandonment and exploitation. This paper analyzes a frontier cattle ranching area in the savanna where intensification has occurred in spite of land speculation. A whole farm livestock production model is used to quantif...


Smith, J.Cadavid Herrera, JVRincón Castillo, A.Vera, Raúl R.[Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna]Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna

International Center for Tropical Agriculture[Arresting resource degradation in the forest margins of Amazonia: economic and policy analysis of agricultural land use]Arresting resource degradation in the forest margins of Amazonia: economic and policy analysis of agricultural land use

Okigbo, B.[Development of sustainable agricultural production systems in Africa: roles of international agricultural research centers and national agricultural research systems]Development of sustainable agricultural production systems in Africa: roles of international agricultural research centers and national agricultural research systems
Autor: Taddese, G.

Land degradation is a great threat for the future and it requires great effort and resources to ameliorate. The major causes of land degradation in Ethiopia are the rapid population increase, severe soil loss, deforestation, low vegetative cover and unbalanced crop and livestock production. Inapp...


Taddese, G.[Land degradation: A challenge to Ethiopia]Land degradation: A challenge to Ethiopia

United Nations Environment ProgrammeDesertification Control Programme Activity Centre[Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dryland Management - Proceedings of an International Workshop]Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dryland Management - Proceedings of an International Workshop

United Nations Environment Programme[Peche & Aquaculture en Mediterranee: Etat Actuel et Perspectives - Les Fascicules du Plan Bleu 1]Peche & Aquaculture en Mediterranee: Etat Actuel et Perspectives - Les Fascicules du Plan Bleu 1

United Nations Environment Programme[Assessment of Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine, Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the South-East Pacific - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 169]Assessment of Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine, Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the South-East Pacific - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 169

In the Ethiopian highlands, church forests have a substantial contribution to landscape restoration, and conservation of endangered indigenous tree species and biodiversity. However, the environmental and economic benefits of church forests are declining due to a combination of economic, environm...


Amare, D.Mekuria, Wolde M.Teklewold, T.Belay, B.Teshome, A.Yitaferu, B.Tessema, T.Tegegn, B.[Perception of local community and the willingness to pay to restore church forests: the case of Dera district, northwestern Ethiopia]Perception of local community and the willingness to pay to restore church forests: the case of Dera district, northwestern Ethiopia

United Nations Environment ProgrammeStiles, Daniel[Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dryland Management - Proceedings of an International Workshop]Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dryland Management - Proceedings of an International Workshop

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