Appraising and selecting strategies to combat and mitigate desertification based on stakeholder knowledge and global best practices in cape verde archipelago

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-57

  De Pina Tavares, Jacques ^a   Ferreira, António J D ^b   Reis, Eduardo A ^a   Baptista, Isaurinda ^a   Amoros, Regla ^a   Costa, Lenira ^a   Furtado, Adriano M ^a   Coelho, Celeste ^c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrário INIDA   (Cape Verde)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Participatory decision making; Scientific and local knowledge; Small scale agriculture; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

CAPE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO; COMBATING DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PARTICIPATORY DECISION-MAKING; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; RAIN; REGIONAL PLANNING;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DESERTIFICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA]; SAO TIAGO;

EID: 84893781174     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2273     Document Type: Article

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