Environmental Policies and NGO Influence : Land Degradation and Sustainable Resource Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

Carr, Susan (EDT)/ Humphreys, David (EDT)/ Thomas, Alan (EDT)

Routledge（2000/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 220 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415189637
• DDC分類 333.70967

Full 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.

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;