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| Author | : Tom Slaymaker |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Agricultural conservation |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Tom Slaymaker |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Agricultural conservation |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Wilson Akpan |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2017-06-23 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1443878618 |
Based on case studies in Southern Africa, West Africa and East Africa, this book revisits some of the dilemmas and paradoxes associated with the development, management and utilisation of environmental resources, as well as lacklustre official handling of climate change-related challenges, in Sub-Saharan Africa. On the subject of natural resource exploitation, in particular, the book revisits scholarly debates and specific practices around compensation, benefit- and burden-sharing, local participation and space-place dynamics. It highlights fundamental ambiguities in the ways the dominant discourses and policy responses have been framed and mobilised, and examines epistemic and ideational incongruences that have hobbled and sometimes negated the effectiveness of otherwise well-intentioned interventions. On climate change, the book revisits debates around the vulnerability-assets nexus with regard to mitigation and adaptation, as well as the intersection of climate information and livelihoods in agro-based settings. The contradictions, gaps and limitations of climate change policies and strategies in different regions are re-examined based on new data. In the last few years, the Environment and Natural Resources Working Group of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) has intensified efforts to go beyond the annual SASA Congresses and the production of journal articles, in making the research agendas of its members more visible to the global scholarly and policy community. This book is one result of such efforts. It calls for a constant questioning of orthodoxies and the promotion of ethnographically sensitive and epistemologically nuanced scholarly and policy approaches to developmental challenges in Africa, especially in relation to environmental resources and environmental change.
| Author | : Matthias Basedau |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly, have been blamed for a number of Africa's illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war. This paper outlines the different areas and transmission channels of how this so-called "resource curse" is said to materialize. By assessing empirical evidence on sub-Saharan Africa it concludes that the resource curse theory fails to sufficiently explain why and how several countries have not or only partly been affected by the "curse". Theoretically, the paper argues that whether or not natural resources are detrimental to a country's socio-economic and political development depends on a number of contextual variables, divided into country-specific conditions and resource-specific conditions (type, degree/level of abundance and dependence, resource revenue management, involved companies etc.). Methodologically, a future research agenda needs to examine the complex interplay of these contextual variables by adding sophisticated comparative research designs, especially "small and medium N" comparisons, to the tool box which has been widely confined to the juxtaposition of "large N" and country case studies.
| Author | : Alexandros Gasparatos |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 363 |
| Release | : 2020-09-04 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9811544581 |
The aim of this 2-volume book is to highlight how Sustainability Science approaches can help solve some of the pervasive challenges that Africa faces. The volumes collect a number of local case studies throughout Africa that adopt transdisciplinary and problem-oriented research approaches using methodologies from the natural and the social sciences. These are put into perspective with chapters that introduce key sustainability challenges such using a regional focus. Through this multi-scale and inter/transdisciplinary approach the proposed volume will provide an authoritative source that will pack in a single volume a large amount of information on how Sustainability Science approaches sustainability challenges in African contexts. While there have been general books about sustainability science, none has had a strong African focus. As a result the 2-volume set fills a major gap in the Sustainability Science scholarship. This volume sets the stage for the series. Part I introduces key sustainability challenges in Africa. Parts II‐III highlights specific case studies related to these challenges from West and Central Africa.
| Author | : Jonathan M. Blackwell |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
This report seeks to impart knowledge to policymakers and administrators of how to approach the measurement and valuation of environmental elements within development projects. It illustrates the issues in the context of particular projects. It also explains why some projects are environmental "successes" and other are "failures". Finally, it is hoped that it will provide pointers to policymakers on how to frame projects so that environmental damage is minimized and sustainable development ensured. The theme of "sustainable development" is introduced and discussed in terms of development policy, programs, and projects. The salient issues dealt with in the subsequent case studies, including the pricing of environmental impact, are examined. The case studies are analyzed with particular attention to three factors crucial to environmental success: appropriate technology, community involvement, and adequate monitoring. The program of continuous maize cropping in the Northern Province of Zambia and the implications for the sustainability of such development is also examined. The report covers ten case studies and synthesizes the lessons learned from them in terms of overall policy guidelines and more specific methodological considerations relating to the measurement of impact.
| Author | : Michelle Pressend |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 143 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Natural resources |
| ISBN | : 9781920216139 |
| Author | : Carol Chi Ngang |
| Publisher | : Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2023-05 |
| Genre | : Law and economic development |
| ISBN | : 9781032049076 |
The natural resource and right to development dilemma / Serges Djoyou Kamga and Carol Chi Ngang -- Sustainable right to development governance of natural resources in Africa / -- Carol Chi Ngang -- Loss, anguish and postponement: The story of African development, natural resource ownership and the paradox of waiting / Isaac Shai -- Rationale for Africa's 'legitimate' ownership of her natural resources / Daphine Kabagambe Agaba -- Resource constitutionalism for socio-economic development in Africa's petrostates: Re-imagining prior-informed consent -- Aaron Olaniyi Salau -- Peoples' right to natural resources in Africa and state sovereignty: A quest for equilibrium / Jacob Osutongun Abiodun -- Colonial extraction of natural resource and the impact on the right to development in Africa / Annelie de Man and Carol Chi Ngang -- Issues of sovereignty over natural resources in Africa / Faith Kabata -- Rethinking natural resource ownership and the realisation of the right to development for indigenous peoples in Africa / Esther E. Njieassam -- Ownership of natural resources and the right to development for African indigenous peoples / Ebun Abolarin -- Assessing the impact of water policies and practices on the RTD within the tourism industry in Africa / Furaha Joy Sekai Saungweme -- Sustainable Development Goals and the bumpy road to 2030 in Ethiopia: The challenges of land grabbing / Jean-Claude N. Ashukem -- Freedom from want and the constitutional right to development in Ethiopia: Urban Productive Safety Net Programme-The case of Addis Ababa / Tsion T. Dechassa and Gedion G. Jalata -- Corporate social responsibility and the right to development in local communities: The case of the Democratic Republic of Congo / Muyamba Mangu and Serges Djoyou Kamga -- Laws on natural resources ownership in Ghana: A perceived hindrance to community development / Bridget Kafui Anthonio-Apedzi -- Policy implications of the right to development through the Mining Charter of South Africa / Mofihli Teleki -- Impact of artisanal and small scale gold mining on livelihood in Mutasa District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe / Cephas Mandihrawe -- Conclusion. Towards a resilient development future in Africa / Carol Chi Ngang.
| Author | : Dilys Roe |
| Publisher | : IIED |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
| ISBN | : 1843697556 |
Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.
| Author | : World Bank |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
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