Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa write by Adrian Wood. This book was released on 2013-06-19. Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book the authors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered. Current policies and wetland management are too frequently underpinned by a perspective that views agriculture simply as a threat and disregards its important contribution to livelihoods. In rural areas where people are entrenched in poverty, wetlands (in particular wetland agriculture) have a critical role to play in supporting and developing peoples' livelihoods. Furthermore, as populations rise and climate change takes grip they will be increasingly important. The authors argue that an approach to wetland management that is much more people focused is required. That is an approach that instead of being concerned primarily with environmental outcomes is centred on livelihood outcomes supported by the sustainable use of natural wetland resources. The authors stress the need for Integrated Water Resource Management and landscape approaches to ensure sustainable use of wetlands throughout a river catchment and the need for wetland management interventions to engage with a wide range of stakeholders. They also assess the feasibility of creating incentives and value in wetlands to support sustainable use. Drawing on nine empirical case studies, this book highlights the different ways in which sustainable use of wetlands has been sought, each case focusing on specific issues about wetlands, agriculture and livelihoods.
Indigenous Wetland Management Institutions for Sustainable Livelihoods
Indigenous Wetland Management Institutions for Sustainable Livelihoods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Indigenous Wetland Management Institutions for Sustainable Livelihoods write by A. B. Dixon. This book was released on 2004. Indigenous Wetland Management Institutions for Sustainable Livelihoods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Handbook of African Development
Handbook of African Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook of African Development write by Tony Binns. This book was released on 2018-04-27. Handbook of African Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This handbook presents an extensive new overview of African development - past, present and future. It addresses key core themes and topics that are pertinent to the continent's development - including sections on history, health and food, politics, economics, rural and urban development, and development policy and practice. The volume draws on the expertise of over 60 of the world's leading scholars to provide a detailed and up-to-date analysis of the key opportunities and challenges that confront Africa, and how such issues are being addressed. Arranged by key themes, the handbook provides not only a historical understanding of the past, but also political perspectives on the future. The chapters provide critically informed analyses of their topics by drawing upon the latest conceptual viewpoints and applied experiences in Africa in the form of case studies to offer a comprehensive examination of the opportunities, challenges, key debates and future prospects. This handbook is an invaluable state-of-the-art overview and reference concerning many different aspects of Africa's development, which will be of interest to academics in all fields of African studies, and also academics and students working in cognate disciplines such as development studies, geography, history, politics and economics.
Wetlands and people
Wetlands and people - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wetlands and people write by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2014-07-01. Wetlands and people available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Effects of Wetland Conversion to Farming on Water Quality and Sediment and Nutrient Retention in a Tropical Catchment
Effects of Wetland Conversion to Farming on Water Quality and Sediment and Nutrient Retention in a Tropical Catchment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Effects of Wetland Conversion to Farming on Water Quality and Sediment and Nutrient Retention in a Tropical Catchment write by Abias Uwimana. This book was released on 2019-11-26. Effects of Wetland Conversion to Farming on Water Quality and Sediment and Nutrient Retention in a Tropical Catchment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The study used a combination of landscape-scale synoptic surveys (catchment, reaches) and mesocosm surveys (experimental plots) to assess the impacts of conversion of natural valley-bottom wetlands to farming land on the water quality and retention of sediment and nutrients. The results showed that temperature, pH, electrical conductivity and dissolved oxygen concentration decreased, and total suspended solids (TSS) increased with storm water increase. Nitrogen (TN) and phosphorus (TP) accumulated in the catchment during the dry season and washed into the water courses during the early stages of the higher flows, with subsequent lower concentrations at the end of the rains due to dilution. Large proportions of the annual loads of TSS, TP and TN (93%, 60% and 67%, respectively) were transported during rainfall events that occurred in 115 days. Fishponds acted as temporal traps of TSS, TN and TP at the early stages of farming, and were a source of and TN and TP at the end of the farming period, in contrast to rice farming that generated sediments and nutrients early in the farming period and trapped them at the end of the farming season. Wetlands mostly acted as sinks but sometimes as a source of sediment and nutrients.
