Author : Karen Beardsley
Publisher :
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 11,19 MB
Release : 2009
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Author : Dilys Roe
Publisher : IIED
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 43,79 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 1843697556
Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.
Author : Henning Steinfeld
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 13,7 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251055717
"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.
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Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biotic communities
ISBN : 9781569736425
The publication demonstrates the importance of using maps as an analytical and policy tool to examine the spatial distribution of poverty and ecosystem services in Kenya. Ecosystem services are the benefits people derive from ecosystems and include goods (food and water), services (flood and disease control), and nonmaterial benefits (spiritual and recreational benefits). A series of maps integrate poverty data from Kenya's most recent census with maps of regions in Kenya which are considered important for production of selected ecosystem services such as water (hydropower, access to drinking water, irrigation), food (crop and livestock), fuel, biodiversity, and tourism. The authors believe that users of Nature's Benefits: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being in Kenya will gain new insights on the spatial congruence of poverty and ecosystem services, improve targeting of programs addressing poverty and selected environmental services, and provide integrated datasets and methodologies for multi-scale use.
Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 31,11 MB
Release : 2012-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107025060
Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and climate-related disasters, considering opportunities for managing risks at local to international scales. SREX was approved and accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November 2011 in Kampala, Uganda.
Author : James N. Levitt
Publisher : Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 11,92 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781558443013
"This multi-author volume explores large-landscape conservation projects catalyzed by colleges, universities, independent field stations, and research organizations around the world. These initiatives are grand-scale, cross-boundary, cross-sectoral, and cross-disciplinary efforts to protect working and wild landscapes and waterscapes in Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Kenya, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States"--
Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : United Nations Envir Programme
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 13,17 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789280729955
This newest in a suite of the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Atlases have inspired decision-makers to action through the power of photographs. This Atlas does two unique things: it assesses Kenya's progress towards its own goals of improving the environment to achieve development goals, and delivers a stunning bird's-eye view of environmental change through the use of paired satellite images taken years apart. The Atlas will serve as an important educational tool to improve local, national and international knowledge about environmental change in Kenya and to stimulate action at all levels to protect the rich resources that are the base of its culture, economy, and human well-being.
Author : Steven G. Njuguna
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 39,53 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9782831701271
A source book for future research and management activities, these 20 papers cover wetland issues in Kenya and underline the need for a national wetland program.
Author : Robin Mearns
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 11,87 MB
Release : 2009-12-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821381423
While major strides have been made in the scientific understanding of climate change, much less understood is how these dynamics in the physical enviornment interact with socioeconomic systems. This book brings together the latest knowledge on the consequences of climate change for society and how best to address them.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,99 MB
Release : 2017-01-12
Category :
ISBN : 9789251093740
Unless action is taken now to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient, climate change impacts will seriously compromise food production in countries and regions that are already highly food-insecure. The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, represents a new beginning in the global effort to stabilize the climate before it is too late. It recognizes the importance of food security in the international response to climate change, as reflected by many countries prominent focus on the agriculture sector in their planned contributions to adaptation and mitigation. To help put those plans into action, this report identifies strategies, financing opportunities, and data and information needs. It also describes transformative policies and institutions that can overcome barriers to implementation. The State of Food and Agriculture is produced annually. Each edition contains an overview of the current global agricultural situation, as well as more in-depth coverage of a topical theme."
