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  1. Library Resource
    janvier, 2008
    Afrique sub-saharienne, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Asie méridionale

    The policy debate about the merits and demerits of biofuels is growing and changing rapidly, with concerns being voiced over their effectiveness for mitigating climate change, role in recent food price hikes and social environmental impacts. This study contributes to these debates through examining the current and likely future impacts of the increasing spread of biofuels on access to land in producer countries, particularly for poorer rural people. It draws on a literature review of evidence drawn from diverse contexts across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

  2. Library Resource
    janvier, 2007

    This paper examines urban health in low- and middle-income countries, in relation to two sets of environmental issues:

    persistent local environmental health burdens, and most notably the water, sanitation and housing deficiencies prevalent in the poor neighbourhoods of so many urban settlements
    emerging global environmental burdens that will be experienced in urban areas, and most notably those associated with climate change

  3. Library Resource
    janvier, 2008
    République-Unie de Tanzanie, Afrique sub-saharienne

    Recent years have seen pastoralist communities in Tanzania becoming increasingly impoverished and vulnerable, due to  livestock diseases, drought, fluctuating market prices and unfavourable policies. This paper discusses strategies to address the last of these factors with reference to the Ereto-Ngorongoro Pastoralist Project, which was set up in response to growing concern about the unprecedented and rising levels of poverty among pastoralists in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA).

  4. Library Resource
    janvier, 2007
    Mali, Afrique sub-saharienne

    This report provides insight into the local management of conflict over natural resources between herders and farmers in north-western Mali. The study finds that social, economic and environmental change within the region has led to growing pressure on natural resources and a marked deterioration in relations between farmers and herders. The paper warns that because this conflict is based on ethnicity, there is potential for serious escalation. The paper discusses the following:

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