Connecting community action and science to combat desertification: Evaluation of a process

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 33-55

  Seely, M ^a   Moser, P ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Alternative livelihoods; Capacity building; Combating desertification; Community interaction; Conference process; Information exchange; Traditional knowledge; Training

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY;

BIOPHYSICAL CAUSES; COMMUNITIES; DESERTIFICATION; POLICY MAKERS;

BIODEGRADATION;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DESERTIFICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NAMIBIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORKSHOP; ZAMBIA;

CONGRESSES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION STUDIES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; NAMIBIA; ORGANIZATIONS; SCIENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 14944371860     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-004-3999-1     Document Type: Article

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