Envisioning the future and learning from the past: Adapting to a changing environment in northern Mali

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-106

  Brockhaus, Maria ^a   Djoudi, Houria ^a   Locatelli, Bruno ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive strategies; Climate change; Coping; Forest ecosystem; Mali; Migration; Pastoralism; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHNICITY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALI; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84868448374     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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