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  1. Library Resource
    National Policies
    January, 2001
    Madagascar

    La Politique forestière Malagasy s’articule autour des quatre grandes orientations suivantes: enrayer les processus de dégradation forestière (Orientation 1); mieux gérer les ressources forestières (Orientation 2); augmenter la superficie et le potentiel forestiers (Orientation 3); et accroitre la performance économique du secteur forestier (Orientation 4).

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2001
    Kenya

    Housing occupies an important position in the Kenyan psyche along with the concept of home ownership. The residential developments and investments attract both institutional, corporate organisations as well as private individuals. There are indications that the residential market in Nairobi is very active and that most of the valuation firms in Nairobi cany out market-based valuation of residential properties.

  3. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001
    Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa

    As cities expand to cover farmland with roads and buildings, the conflict between traditional land rights, and modern systems of ownership and distribution become very clear. This report comes from Blantyre in Malawi, where city authorities now charge rent on land that was once freely owned.

  4. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001
    Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa

    Mr. Situma Mwichebe talking to Ann Mikia about the reality of water rights in Kenya.

  5. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001
    Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa

    For much of the last century the Fengu people living near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, have held title deeds to their land. In this report the chief of the Fengu explains how the title deeds have helped them, and how his people are responding to the current land redistribution programme in Zimbabwe.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa

    Land degradation is a great threat for the future and it requires great effort and resources to ameliorate. The major causes of land degradation in Ethiopia are the rapid population increase, severe soil loss, deforestation, low vegetative cover and unbalanced crop and livestock production. Inappropriate land-use systems and land-tenure policies enhance desertification and loss of agrobiodiversity. Utilization of dung and crop residues for fuel and other uses disturbs the sustainability of land resources. The supply of inputs such as fertilizer, farm machinery and credits are very low.

  7. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001
    Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa

    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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