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  1. Library Resource
    Enero, 2013
    Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Gambia, Malí, Sudán del Sur, Senegal, Níger, Eritrea, Asia occidental, África septentrional

    This report presents a comprehensive regional assessment of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Sahel in terms of climate change impacts, vulnerabilities, conflict/cooperation and human security at various scales and in a variety of contexts. The Climate Change, Hydro Conflicts and Human Security (CLICO) project builds on interdisciplinary and cross-comparative research covering a variety of geographical scales and historical contexts to unravel social, political, environmental/ ecological and economic conditions in relation to the environment.

  2. Library Resource
    Enero, 2008
    Senegal

    Land and decentralisation policies in Senegal have been closely linked since the country became independent in 1960. Although local governments manage public lands and participate in the management of special areas, the actual degree popular participation in land and decentralisation policies occurs strongly depends on the rights granted to local communities and governments and the available human and financial resources. This paper explores these issues and discusses their effect on decentralisation and land management in Senegal.

  3. Library Resource
    Enero, 2012
    Etiopía, Malí, Camerún, África subsahariana

    Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse. Building on Africa’s highly sophisticated indigenous water management systems could help resolve this growing crisis, but these very systems are being destroyed by large-scale land grabs amidst claims that Africa's water is abundant, under-utilised and ready to be harnessed for export-oriented agriculture.

  4. Library Resource
    Enero, 2000
    Nigeria, África subsahariana

    This paper reports the findings of a US delegation to the Niger Delta to investigate the environmental and human rights record of oil corporations.Evidence shows that the oil companies operating in Nigeria
    have not only disregarded their responsibility towards the
    environment but have acted in complicity with the military’s

  5. Library Resource
    Enero, 2007
    Filipinas, Sudáfrica, República Democrática del Congo, Colombia, Ghana, Oceanía, Europa, África subsahariana, América Latina y el Caribe, Asia oriental

    This report documents the performance of the world’s second largest mining company with regard to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Despite Anglo American’s participation in various voluntary CSR initiatives, it continues to abuse human rights, fuel conflict and damage the local environment and livelihoods. The report documents a number of Anglo American’s activities which highlight that there is still a long way to go as far as the company's commitment to CSR, including:

  6. Library Resource
    Enero, 2008
    Nepal, Mauritania, Malí, China, Uzbekistán, India, Chad, Europa oriental, África subsahariana, América Latina y el Caribe, Asia meridional

    Across vast areas of the world, human activity has degraded once fertile and productive land. Deforestation, overgrazing, continuous farming and poor irrigation practices have affected almost 2 billion hectares worldwide, threatening the health and livelihoods of over one billion people. In this edition of New Agriculturist, a collection of articles explores some of the approaches and policies that can help to successfully rehabilitate degraded land.

  7. Library Resource
    Enero, 1994
    Burkina Faso, África subsahariana

    Building soil conservation practices on a base of indigenous knowledge greatly increases the rate at which they are adopted by farmers in Burkina Faso. Indigenous soil conservation practices are ecologically sound and need to be taken into account when efforts are made to introduce modern agricultural techniques. This article provides an example of how soil conservation practices built upon local systems for conserving resources were preferred by small-scale farmers over newly introduced conservation techniques.

  8. Library Resource
    Enero, 2001
    Honduras, Chile, Ucrania, Indonesia, Kirguistán, Ghana, Kazajstán, Moldavia, Guyana, Belarús, República Centroafricana, Nicaragua, Tayikistán, Turkmenistán, Madagascar, Uzbekistán, Camerún, Tanzania, Ecuador, Papua Nueva Guinea, Rusia, Armenia, Brasil, Oceanía, África subsahariana, América Latina y el Caribe, Asia oriental

    Report which alleges that International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and policies have caused extensive deforestation in each of the 15 countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia studied.This forest loss, the author claims, has occurred both directly and indirectly through:the IMF's promotion of foreign investment in natural resource sectorsausterity measures that cut spending on environmental programsprograms that have unwittingly worsened the conditions of povertythe IMF.s insistence upon export-oriented economic growth.The report finds that:IMF induced cuts have impeded:Promotion of resp

  9. Library Resource
    Enero, 2006
    Ghana, África subsahariana

    Report highlighting how poor communities in Obuasi, Ghana are suffering environmental pollution and social problems apparently as a result of gold mining activity. It examines how rivers and streams have been polluted with arsenic, iron, manganese and heavy metals from past gold mining activities by Anglo American’s subsidiary, AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) and its predecessor, Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (AGC).According to the report AGA is failing to report its activities accurately to shareholders and the public and some of these failures are serious.

  10. Library Resource
    Enero, 2009
    Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Perú, Ghana, Congo, Argentina, Senegal, Malawi

    This report, by researchers working in urban agriculture (UA), examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanising global South, the book examines the contribution of UA and city farming to livelihoods and food security. The case studies covered by the authors, focus on the following aspects of urban agriculture:

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