Environmental policies and NGO influence : land degradation and sustainable resource management in sub-Saharan Africa

Author(s)

• Thomas, Alan
• Carr, Susan M.
• Humphreys, David

Bibliographic Information

Environmental policies and NGO influence : land degradation and sustainable resource management in sub-Saharan Africa

edited by Alan Thomas, Susan Carr and David Humphreys

（Routledge research global environmental change series, 3）

Routledge, 2001

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

"Global environmental change programme"

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book examines the conditions under which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) may exert influence on policies to conserve and sustainably use natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa. The book is unique in bringing together NGO campaigners in three African countries with academics specialising in development studies, systems and environmental policy.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 NGOs and their influence on environmental policies in Africa, ThomasAlan
• Chapter 2 Land degradation and sustainable resource management in an African context, DavidHumphreys, SusanCarr
• Chapter 3 NGO influence at the International Negotiating Committee for a Convention to Combat Desertification, SusanCarr, AlanThomas, EnochOkpara, RogerMpande, DavidHumphreys
• Chapter 4 Challenging maize, DerekGunby
• Chapter 5 The campaign for water from the Zambezi for Bulawayo, DerekGunby, RogerMpande, AlanMpande
• Chapter 6 The policy of fencing Botswana's communal rangelands, OnalennaSelolwane
• Chapter 7 The campaign against the Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development Project, AlanThomas, OnalennaSelolwane, DavidHumphreys
• Chapter 8 An NGO campaign to protect the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands in Northern Nigeria, SusanCarr, ObasiOgbonnaya
• Chapter 9 The Ogoni people's campaign over oil exploitation in the Niger Delta, Susan Carr, Oronto Douglas, Uche Onyeagucha
• Chapter 10 Influence thrust upon them? NGOs' role in public action on the environment in Africa, AlanThomas, DavidHumphreys, SusanCarr
• Annex Index

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Details

• NCID: BA48706839
• ISBN:
  • 0415189632
• LCCN: 00025632
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 201 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA39725457