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Degraded Forests In Eastern Africa

Author: Frans Bongers
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ISBN: 1849776407
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Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributes to climate change. Efforts are therefore required to try to minimize further degradation and restore tropical forests in a sustainable way. This is the first research-based book to examine this problem in East Africa. The specific focus is on the forests of Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda, but the lessons learned are shown to be applicable to neighbouring countries and others in the tropics. A wide range of forest types are covered, from dry Miombo forest and afromontane forests, to forest-savannah mosaics and wet forest types. Current management practices are assessed and examples of good practice presented. The role of local people is also emphasized. The authors describe improved management and restoration through silviculture, plantation forestry and agroforestry, leading to improvements in timber production, biodiversity conservation and the livelihoods of local people.

The Permanent Protected Forest Estate In East Africa

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Enhancing Agriculture In Africa

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Journal Of The East Africa Natural History Society And National Museum

Author: East Africa Natural History Society
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Technologies And Technology Systems For Reforestation Of Degraded Tropical Lands

Author: Peter J. Wood
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Shared Ecosystems Of East Africa

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Agriculture Handbook

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Set includes revised editions of some issues.

Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review

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Understanding Relationships Between Biodiversity Carbon Forests And People

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Fao Forestry Paper

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Africa And Its Intermittent Rainfall

Author: Edward Percy Stebbing
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Conservation Of Plant Genes Iii

Author: Robert P. Adams
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Patterns Of Farmer Tree Growing In Eastern Africa

Author: Katherine Warner
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Provides results of a major attempt by OFI and ICRAF to collect, organize and synthesize secondary and primary data in Eastern Africa, which shed light on the key socio-economic factors affecting farmers' decisions about the growing of trees.

Evolution Of The Giant Senecios And Giant Lobelias In Eastern Africa

Author: Eric Boyd Knox
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Adapting To Climate Change In East Africa

Author: Victor A. Orindi
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This paper provides an overview of the likely impacts of climate change in three least developed countries in East Africa: Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. In the coming decades, climate change is likely to alter temperatures and distribution of rainfall, contribute to sea-level rise and increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in East Africa. Climate change will have both a direct impact on development of climate-dependent activities (such as infrastructure and agriculture) and indirect consequences for social systems (such as issues of poverty, conflict, health and education). As a result, climate change has the potential to undermine, and even undo, socio-economic development in East Africa and it is imperative that governments and institutions come together to formulate long-term adaptation strategies.