| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Series |
Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management |
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Earthscan studies in natural resource management.
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| Contents |
1. Stimulating community initiatives in sustainable land management : an introduction / William Critchley, Maxwell Mudhara and Mohamed F. Sessay -- 2. Local innovation : theory, experience and the basis for SCI-SLM / William Critchley and Sabina Di Prima -- 3. SCI-SLM methodology : origins of the design / Sabina Di Prima and William Critchley -- 4. SCI-SLM : innovation begins at programme level / Maxwell Mudhara and Mohamed F. Sessay -- 5. Community innovations in sustainable land management : lessons from norther Ghana / Saa Dittoh [and others] -- 6. Community initiatives for sustainble natural resource management in the High Atlas, Morocco / Mohamed Mahdi [and others] -- 7. Stimulating community initiatives in sustainable land management in South Africa / Avrashka Sahadeva [and others] -- 8. Community initiatives for improving degraded ecosystems in Uganda / Stephen Muwaya [and others] -- 9. Cross-learning with community initiatives / Wendelien Tuijp [and others] -- 10. Contributing to global environmental benefits / Saa Dittoh [and others] -- 11. SCI-SLM methodology : refinement of the original design / Sabina Di Prima, William Critchley and Eva van de Ven -- 12. Lessons learnt and conclusions / William Critchley [and others] |
| Summary |
It is increasingly recognized that land can be managed most sustainably through involving local communities. This book highlights the potential of a new methodology of uncovering and stimulating community initiatives in sustainable land management in Africa. Analyses of four contrasting African countries (Ghana, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda) show that as communities directly face the challenges of land degradation, they are likely to develop initiatives themselves in terms of sustainable land management. These initiatives (or 'innovations') may be more appropriate and sustainable than those emanating from research stations located far from the communities or those focused on the household level. The book describes the rationale of the approach used, the set of steps followed, how the project managed to engage the communities to understand the importance of the activities they were undertaking, and they how they were stimulated to improve and extend their initiatives and innovativeness. Examples covered include soil fertility, community forestry, afforestation, water, invasive species and grazing lands management. Central to the book is the way communities, and scientists, interacted between the four countries and learnt from each other. The book also shows how the initiatives were outscaled locally |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Land degradation -- Control -- Africa
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HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
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Land degradation -- Control
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Critchley, Will.
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Dittoh, J. S. (J. Saa)
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Sessay, Mohamed
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| ISBN |
9781317278702 |
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1317278704 |
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9781315641003 |
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1315641003 |
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9781317278719 |
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1317278712 |
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