Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
Land Degradation and Sustainable Resource Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 499 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-18963-7
Verlag: Routledge
This book examines the conditions under which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) may exert influence on policies to conserve and sustainably use natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa. The book is unique in bringing together NGO campaigners in three African countries with academics specialising in development studies, systems and environmental policy.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1 NGOs and their influence on environmental policies in Africa, ThomasAlan; Chapter 2 Land degradation and sustainable resource management in an African context, DavidHumphreys, SusanCarr; Chapter 3 NGO influence at the International Negotiating Committee for a Convention to Combat Desertification, SusanCarr, AlanThomas, EnochOkpara, RogerMpande, DavidHumphreys; Chapter 4 Challenging maize, DerekGunby; Chapter 5 The campaign for water from the Zambezi for Bulawayo, DerekGunby, RogerMpande, AlanMpande; Chapter 6 The policy of fencing Botswana's communal rangelands, OnalennaSelolwane; Chapter 7 The campaign against the Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development Project, AlanThomas, OnalennaSelolwane, DavidHumphreys; Chapter 8 An NGO campaign to protect the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands in Northern Nigeria, SusanCarr, ObasiOgbonnaya; Chapter 9 The Ogoni people's campaign over oil exploitation in the Niger Delta, Susan Carr, Oronto Douglas, Uche Onyeagucha; Chapter 10 Influence thrust upon them? NGOs' role in public action on the environment in Africa, AlanThomas, DavidHumphreys, SusanCarr; Annex Index;