Framework for participatory assessments and implementation of global environmental conventions at the community level

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-76

  Oba, Gufu ^a   Sjaastad, E ^a   Roba, H G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic and ecological indicators; Global conventions; Grazing suitability; Indigenous knowledge; Maasai; Potential grazing capacity; Socio economic and ecological model; Soil degradation; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; SOILS;

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONVENTIONS; LIVESTOCK GRAZING SUITABILITY; POTENTIAL GRAZING CAPACITY;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; GRAZING; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOIL DEGRADATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 41049100685     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.811     Document Type: Article

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