The re-greening of the Sahel: Natural cyclicity or human-induced change?

Land

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1075-1090

  Ouedraogo, Issa ^a,b   Runge, Jürgen ^c   Eisenberg, Joachim ^c   Barron, Jennie ^a,d   Sawadogo Kaboré, Séraphine ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e CAP PPAAO WAAPP Burkina   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Land degradation; Re greening; Sahel; Soil restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940560263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land3031075     Document Type: Article

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