When a national park is created, the people who are forced to leave the area can increase the pressure on the surrounding communities. How can governments balance both the need for foreign exchange and environmental conservation, with the livelihood needs of the local people?
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001Malawi, África austral, África
Dan Chirwa explaining to Patrick Mphaka how the water of Lake Malawi is a natural birthright for all Malawians.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001
Apart from the issue of fairness, there is also considerable evidence that giving people secure rights to their land and natural resources, helps to ensure that land is properly maintained and resources are responsibly exploited. Ruth Meinzen-Dick, a researcher on land and water rights, explains the link.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001Kenya, África oriental, África
Catherine Gatundu describing how the Forest Action Network is helping communities in Kenya to stand up for their rights to clean, safe water.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001Camerún, África Central, África
Femba John of Babungo village in Cameroon explaining to Martha Chindong how a dispute over access has left the villagers with no clean water source.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001Sudáfrica, África austral, África
Charles Batchelor explaining how the traditional Indian concept of water as a community resource has been replaced by a system of private wells, so restricting the access of poorer people to water.
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Library ResourceRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónDiciembre, 2001
This documents contains technical information related experiences of people who have struggled ? and sometimes failed - to keep their rights to their land. There are examples from Cameroon, Malawi, Zimbabwe and The Gambia.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001
If a woman loses her husband, she is also at risk, in many countries, of losing the land and property on which her survival depends. Prisca Ngum, a widow in Cameroon, describes her experience, and questions the tradition that widows should have no rights to their late husband?s property.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2001
This summary report outlines the seminar approach and the problems relating to the development of irrigation..
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Library ResourceMultimediaDiciembre, 2001Camerún, África Central, África
Building roads can bring new opportunities to remote and poorly developed areas, but for people whose land they cross, they can be very costly. This report covers a road building project in Cameroon, where farmers reacted angrily to a new road, especially as they were not properly compensated for their losses.
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