Combating land degradation through participatory means: The case of Swaziland

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Stringer, Lindsay C ^a   Twyman, Chasca ^b   Thomas, David S G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND DEGRADATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWAZILAND;

BOS;

EID: 34548206781     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[387:CLDTPM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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47. First submitted 2 March 2006. Accepted for publication 28 December 2006.