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   Dynamics of land-use and land-cover change in Freetown, Sierra Leone and its effects on urban and peri-urban agriculture – a remote sensing approach

   Artículos de revistas y libros

   Diciembre, 2011

   Sierra Leona

   Tenencia Urbana

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Tenencia de Bosques

   Urbanización

   cobertura de suelos

   Utilización de la tierra

   Deforestación

   This paper presents findings of a land-use and land-cover (LULC) change mapping exercise conducted in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Nine LULC classes were mapped from multi-temporal Landsat data of 1974, 1986 and 2000. Special attention was given to the growth or otherwise of agricultural land in relation to other LULC classes. Conversion of one land-use/-cover type to the other was identified, and its effects discussed. Major conversions occurred between agricultural lands, grasslands, evergreen forest, built-up areas and barren land.

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   Coping with the impacts of weather changes in rural Sierra Leone

   Artículos de revistas y libros

   Diciembre, 2013

   Sierra Leona, Global

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Cambio climático

   Zonas rurales

   Tenencia de la tierra

   Global changes in climate today present hostile weather conditions which pose considerable threats to the rich and poor alike. The capacity for developing countries to cope with these impacts is weak and a development concern. The post-conflict West African nation of Sierra Leone is no exception. In fact, rural areas are exposed to high degrees of vulnerability, livelihood insecurity and hostile environments. This paper explores the experiences of rural people and identifies impacts and coping mechanisms used in response to these changes.

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   Trade Liberalization: Impacts on African Women

   Informes e investigaciones

   Agosto, 2001

   Mozambique, Egipto, Nigeria, Sudáfrica, Uganda, Malí, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sierra Leona, Asia occidental, África occidental, Global, África oriental, África septentrional, África austral

   Tierra y Género

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Tierra y Seguridad Alimentaria

   Medio ambiente

   Derechos de tierras

   Seguridad alimentaría

   Mujeres

   Trade liberalisation processes impact differently on men and women due to the fact that men and women have different roles in production. Despite the fact that women are actively involved in international trade, WTO agreements are gender blind and as such have adverse impacts on women. The General Agreement in Trade and Service (GATS), for instance, provides for a level playing field in service provision between big foreign owned companies and small locally owned companies.

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   Vulnerability to climate change of cocoa in West Africa: patterns, opportunities and limits to adaptation

   Artículos de revistas y libros

   Marzo, 2016

   Camerún, Sierra Leona, África, África occidental

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Tenencia de Bosques

   Deforestación

   The West African cocoa belt, reaching from Sierra Leone to southern Cameroon, is the origin of about 70% of the world's cocoa (Theobroma cacao), which in turn is the basis of the livelihoods of about two million farmers. We analyze cocoa's vulnerability to climate change in the West African cocoa belt, based on climate projections for the 2050s of 19 Global Circulation Models under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change intermediate emissions scenario RCP 6.0.

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   Transparency and accountability in Africa’s extractive industries: the role of legislature

   Enero, 2007

   Angola, Nigeria, Sudáfrica, Botswana, República Democrática del Congo, Congo, Sierra Leona, Chad, Ghana, África subsahariana

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Medio ambiente

   Industrias extractivas

   This report identifies the challenges that African legislators face in overseeing their countries’ oil and mining industries, as well as best practices in use around the world and recommendations for future engagement. The report finds that international organisations, local advocacy groups, and multinational corporations have played a key role in increasing public access to information and awareness in government oversight. Also, a growing number of African legislatures are more active in the management and oversight of the extractive sector.

6. Library Resource

   

   Rewriting forest history in West Africa

   Enero, 2002

   Liberia, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leona, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, África subsahariana

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Tenencia de Bosques

   ciencias forestales

   Medio ambiente

   Deforestación

   Kissidougou in Guinea, West Africa, is characterised by so-called 'forest islands', relics - it was assumed -of original dense forest cover. It was also assumed that local cultivation practice was to blame for the destruction of the trees. However, as collaborative research led by the School of Oriental and African Studies, the Institute of Development Studies and Guinean researchers discovered, villagers had a different story to tell: that the forest islands had in fact been established over several generations as part of a process of deliberate forest management.

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   Evaluation des ressources forestières 1990 - Pays tropicaux

   Artículos de revistas y libros

   Diciembre, 1995

   Angola, Burkina Faso, Estados Unidos de América, Mozambique, Burundi, Francia, Ghana, Congo, Djibouti, Sierra Leona, Níger, Rwanda, Liberia, Togo, Botswana, India, Senegal, Gabón, Kenya

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Tenencia de Bosques

   Deforestación

   ciencias forestales

   Ordenación de recursos naturales
8. Library Resource

   

   Improved production systems as an alternative to shifting cultivation

   Artículos de revistas y libros

   Diciembre, 1984

   Kenya, Francia, Nigeria, Filipinas, Micronesia, Australia, Ghana, Congo, Guinea, India, Sierra Leona, Etiopía, Níger, Brasil

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Gestión de tierras agricolas

   Tierras

   Ordenación territorial

   Utilización de la tierra

   Medio ambiente

   Ordenación de tierras sostenible

   Ordenación de tierras

   Degradación de tierras

   Agricultura

   Mejora de la tierra

   Shifting cultivation, under its diverse forms of slash and burn system, is a traditional method of cultivating tropical upland soils, mostly for subsistence purposes. This traditional system of cultivation is in ecological balance with the environment and does not irreversibly degrade the soil resource, provided a sufficient length of fallow is allowed for soil restoration. However, increasing population pressures necessitate more intensive use of land. The consequence is extended cropping periods and shortened fallows.

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   Bureau régional pour l’Afrique Bulletin Trimestriel, Mai - Août 2016

   Documentos de política y resúmenes

   Septiembre, 2016

   Seychelles, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Somalia, Madagascar, República Centroafricana, Esuatini, Ghana, Djibouti, Sierra Leona, Etiopía, Eritrea, África

   Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

   Tenencia de Bosques

   Medio ambiente

   Deforestación

   Pesca

   Desastres naturales

   Derechos de tierras

   Mejora de la tierra
10. Library Resource

    

    Reports of the second session of the African Forestry Commission and of the third session of the Working Party on Wildlife Management

    Informes e investigaciones

    Diciembre, 1969

    Argelia, Francia, Rwanda, Canadá, Alemania, Dinamarca, Marruecos, Reino Unido, Ghana, Sierra Leona, Malawi, Níger, Camerún, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda, Gabón, Botswana, Senegal, Chad, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire

    Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

    Tenencia de Bosques

    Ordenación de tierras sostenible

    Tierras forestales

    Ordenación de recursos naturales

    planes de ordenación forestal

    Meeting Name: African Forestry Commission
    Meeting symbol/code: FO-AFC/69/REP.
    Session: Sess. 2