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Romper los ciclos de degradacion de la tierra: estudio de un caso en Ban Lak Sip, Republica Democratica Popular Lao. In SpanishBreaking the cycles of land degradation: a case study from Ban Lak Sip, Lao PDR

Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2005
Laos
South-Eastern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation

This issue of Water Policy Briefing is based on research presented in When ?Conservation? Leads to Land Degradation: Lessons from Ban Lak Sip, Laos (IWMI Research Report 91) by Guillaume Lestrelin, Mark Giordano and Bounmy Keohavong.

Policy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in Ethiopia

Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2005
Eastern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Ethiopia
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
poverty
land management
food security
land degradation

Policy Analysis for Sustainable Land Management and Food Security in Ethiopia presents a bioeconomic model of this less- favored area in the Ethiopian highlands.

When ?conservation? leads to land degradation: lessons from Ban Lak Sip, Laos

Reports & Research
December 2005
Laos
South-Eastern Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land degradation

In this report, we test the hypothesis that the primary factors behind the farming system changes in Ban Lak Sip lay not in the village itself but rather in the broader Laotian social, economic and political setting. The study uses an integrated approach that examines both the physical and social dimensions of land use and soil erosion in Ban Lak Sip within this broader system environment.

Who knows, who cares?

Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2005
Eastern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Uganda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
natural resources management
sustainable land management
land management
land degradation

Community-based Natural Resource Management (NRM) is increasingly becoming an important approach for addressing natural resource degradation in low income countries.

Policy options for increasing crop productivity and reducing soil nutrient depletion and poverty in Uganda

Policy Papers & Briefs
December 2005
Eastern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Uganda
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land management
poverty
natural resources management
land degradation

This study was conducted with the main objective of determining the linkages between poverty and land management practices in Uganda. The study used the 2002/03 Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) and more focused data collected from a sub-sample of 851 households of the 2002/03 UNHS sample households.

Agricultural Land Use And Land Degradation In Adamawa State

Journal Articles & Books
December 2005
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land degradation

This paper examines the relationships between cultivation, livestock grazing and land degradation in Adamawa State. The main objective was to identify areas with major symptoms of degradation, such as rills and gullies, and determine the main causal factor(s), whether cultivation or grazing.

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