Threats and opportunities for mountain area development in Kenya

Ambio

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 430-435

  Gichuki, Francis Ndegwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KENYA;

EID: 0032873742     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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20. Acknowledgements. I would like to thank the organizers of Symposium on Research for Mountain Area Development (Africa and Asia) for inviting me to present this work. Special thanks go to Mr. G. Gathaara of Kenya Wildlife Services and Mr. Humphrey Kisio of IUCN for sharing with me their experiences in mountain issues. I am grateful to the many authors that I have quoted and to the University of Nairobi for giving me time off to participate in the symposium.