@article {830, title = {Refugees and forestry}, year = {1990}, note = {Paper prepared for the Forestry Support Program USAID.}, month = {April 1990}, institution = {USAID}, abstract = {In this paper, Helin looks at the impact refugees make on local forest resources for housing materials and fuelwood needs. Long-term refugee camps have often negatively impacted the environment to the point of desertification. Helin proposes that agroforestry projects be enacted near refugee camps so as to save the local environment from complete devastation.}, keywords = {desertification, fuelwood, housing, refugee camps}, author = {William H. Helin} } @article {834, title = {Survey report for increasing food production and its development plan in Africa: Zimbabwe}, year = {1989}, month = {March 1989}, institution = {Association for International Cooperation of Agriculture \& Forestry, Japan}, address = {Tokyo}, abstract = {In the first half of the 1980s, African countries, particularly those located south of the Sahara Desert, faced a serious problem of food shortage that was caused by population increase, progress of desertification and continuation of drought year. Although the food shortage has been somewhat alleviated in the recent years due to favorable climatic conditions, the increase of food production continues to be the fundamental problem as no improvement has been made on the fragility of food production in these African countries. Cooperation and support from the developed countries are needed in solving this problem. The role of Japan would be to actively provide cooperation to the African countries in the domain of agriculture and forestry. For this purpose, AICAF has been conducting a survey to grasp the actual conditions of food and agriculture in the African countries since 1985 under the consignment from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. This survey has been conducted on twelve countries by the end of FY 1987.}, keywords = {Africa, aquatic resources, desertification, drought, food production, Zimbabwe}, author = {Association for International Cooperation of Agriculture \& Forestry (AICAF)} } @article {519, title = {Arid land plants for economic development and desertification control}, journal = {Desertification Control Bulletin}, year = {1988}, note = {See also: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Stiles/publication/288011841_Arid_land_plants_for_economic_development_and_desertification_control/links/5b97d43da6fdcc59bf84f43f/Arid-land-plants-for-economic-developmen}, month = {11/17/1988}, pages = {18-21}, abstract = {It is possible that thornbush country previously thought almost worthless could in fact be natural resource gold mines. The Acadia, Commiphora, Boswellia, Sterculia and many other trees and shrubs in these drylands produce gums, resins, oils and other extracts that are currently in demand in many of today{\textquoteright}s industries. There is great potential to develop more products that would make use of these renewable resources. The benefits to Africa could be enormous: the creation of employment and new industries, foreign exchange earnings, and land conservation and rehabilitation.}, keywords = {desertification, dryland, Sahara, Sudano-Sahelian region}, url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12319640}, author = {Daniel Stiles} } @book {337, title = {Glossary of selected terms in sustainable agriculture}, series = {Gatekeeper Series no. SA6}, year = {1988}, month = {August 1988}, pages = {19}, publisher = {International Institute for Environment and Development, Sustainable Agriculture Programme}, organization = {International Institute for Environment and Development, Sustainable Agriculture Programme}, address = {London; Washington, DC}, abstract = {A glossary of selected terms in sustainable agriculture}, keywords = {agroecological zoning, agroecosystem zoning, agroecosystems, agroforestry, alley cropping, appropriate technology and intermediate technology, bioenergy, biomass, carrying capacity, cash crops, common property resources, community forestry, conservation farming, desertification, export crops, farmer participatory research, farming systems research , food crops, genetic preservation, integrated pest management, integrated rural development, land degradation, minimum tillage, multiple cropping, multipurpose trees, open access resources, pastoralism, range management, rapid rural appraisal, regenerative farming, remote sensing, share cropping, shifting cultivation, social forestry, subsistence agriculture, sustainable development, tragedy of the commons, transhumance}, url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19531919}, author = {Jennifer A. McCracken and Jules N. Pretty} } @inbook {782, title = {Managing natural resources for sustainability}, booktitle = {Sustainability Issues in Agricultural Development: Proceedings of the Seventh Agriculture Sector Symposium}, year = {1987}, month = {1987}, pages = {167-181}, publisher = {World Bank}, organization = {World Bank}, address = {Washington, DC}, abstract = {I believe that sustainability with respect to natural resource management has a solid economic underpinning. It implies maintaining the productivity of the resource base. In fact, it implies more. In precisely those countries where populations are rising more rapidly, the poorest, the relative importance of natural resources in total productive capital is greatest. If those larger populations are to be enabled to improve their standards of consumption, the productivity of the asset base must increase. Yet, in these same countries and others, a wide range of natural resources are becoming less productive through depletion and deterioration. There is an issue of intergenerational equity. I do not propose to plunge into the arcane subject of social rates of time discount--one I gladly leave to more sophisticated theorists. But I raise the question: Is it fair to leave for a population that will inevitably be much larger (whatever to be much better off) a natural resource base that has been depleted and rendered significantly less productive than it is today? (author)}, keywords = {agricultural conservation, agriculture, agriculture and state, biodiversity, biological diversity, congresses, desertification, development, economics, forestry, irrigation, management, natural resources, salinization, soil erosion, sustainability, Third World countries, tropical, waterlogging, watersheds}, isbn = {0-8213-0909-9}, url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/925356016}, author = {Robert Repetto}, editor = {Ted J. Davis and Isabelle A. Schirmer} } @article {812, title = {African traditional ecological knowledge: A preliminary investigation of indigenous or traditional ecological knowledge and associated sustainable management practices in Africa and relevance to CIDA{\textquoteright}s environmental policy}, year = {1986}, note = {Includes a letter from lalonde to Gerard McKiernan dated May 1991. This may be the outline for a book chapter in "Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Concepts and Cases" edited by Julian T. Inglis.}, month = {1986}, institution = {Canadian International Development Agency}, address = {Wakefield, Quebec}, abstract = {

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), reviewed and synthesized wide ranging literature on \"alternative\" systems of African indigenous peoples\&$\#$39; traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), as revealed by indigenous land-use and renewable resource management practices. International involvement in this area by the UN, the World Bank, and various NGO\&$\#$39;s (IUCN, IIED, etc.), was also investigated to help identify the present scope or practical interest of TEK and possible future directions.

Main traditional livelihoods and land-use practices which sustainably exploit the ecosystem include sedentary and shifting agriculture, nomadic pastoralism, hunting, fishing, food gathering, rainforest use and limited agro-forestry for food, materials and medicines, etc. This is demonstrated, where possible with case-studies involving the following regions of African tribal groups: Kenya - Maasai; Tanzania - Pare; Zaramo, Luguru; Niger - Fulani; and the San of the Kalahari, etc. The report also investigated the nature or ambiguity between indigenous and post-colonial \"traditional\" practices of rural Africa and the constraints or challenges this poses to the current transmission and respect for TEK among indigenous Africans and development planners alike.

}, keywords = {Africa, agroforestry, Canada, deforestation, desertification, education, ethnoconservation, ethnopharmacology}, author = {Andre Lalonde} } @book {419, title = {Women and community forestry in Sudan}, year = {1986}, month = {[1986?]}, pages = {28}, publisher = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}, organization = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}, address = {[Rome]}, abstract = {Eighty percent of Sudan{\textquoteright}s population relies on trees to meet energy needs. High demands for firewood has led to the disappearance of about one-third of Sudan{\textquoteright}s forests. Reforestation has become a high priority with one goal hoping to convert wood consumers into tree producers. Special programs have been implemented to inform villagers about the need for trees and their capability to grow trees. Special women{\textquoteright}s committees are formed, and with the help of female extensionists, women begin small nurseries in the village or even in their own homes. Tree planting allows to plan for the future in order to meet the growing demand and to slow the effects of desert encroachment.}, keywords = {agroforestry, arid region, desertification, farmer participatory research, fuelwood, Sahel}, url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34367596}, author = {Caroline Webb} }