Paul Richards argues that the war in Sierra Leone and other small wars in Africa do not manifest a "new barbarism". What appears as random, anarchic violence is no such thing. The terrifying military methods of Sierra Leone's soldiers may not fit Western models of warfare, but they are rational and effective. The war must be understood partly as "performance", in which techniques of terror compensate for lack of equipment.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresjanvier, 1996Afrique, Sierra Leone
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996
This publication, provides, in an internationally comparable form, a summary of data describing the main characteristics of agricultural structures, such as number and area of agricultural holdings, land tenure, agricultural holders and land use for 80 countries.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996Viet Nam, Asie, Asia du sud-est
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996
Miombo woodlands are the most extensive vegetation type in Africa south of the equator. These dry tropical woodlands cover some 2.5 million hectares and are home to over 40 million people. Miombo products are very important to the livelihoods and basic needs of an additional 15 million urban Africans. The book demonstrates how much livelihood strategies of rural communities depend on miombo goods and services, and indicates the strong differentiation of uses within communities and in space and time.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996Amérique centrale, Amérique du Sud
This article analyzes why it has been easier to promote some types of environmental policy reform in Latin America than others. It first looks at the main groups that might promote such reforms - developed country organizations, the urban middle class, groups that have direct material interests in reform, and movements for social justice.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996
This report documents the conduct of the first field tests of criteria and indicators (C&I) at the forest management unit level. Interdisciplinary and international teams of five persons conducted tests of five sets of C&I in four countries (Germany, Indonesia, Brazil, and Cote d’Ivoire). This report provides a description of the methods used, a thorough analysis of the findings, a combined generic template of C&I dealing with production forestry, policy, social and ecological issues, based on the groups’ results.
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996Sri Lanka, Asia du sud-est
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996Sri Lanka, Canada, Indonésie
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996Colombie, Amérique centrale, Amérique du Sud
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Library ResourceArticles et Livresdécembre, 1996
In July 1996, with assistance from FAO, USAID, and the USDA Forest Service, CIFOR offered its first International Research Training Seminar on Reduced-Impact Timber Harvesting and Natural Forest Management. Participants were drawn from ten countries and represented disciplines ranging from silviculture and hydrology to wildlife biology. Throughout the workshop, field exercises were integrated with classroom activities, initially in the experimental forest plantation near CIFOR's headquarters, and later at an industrial timber concession in East Kalimantan.
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