Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure

The impact of human endeavours on the environment in the struggle to eke out a living through crop and animal agriculture is examined in a holistic context. Analyses focus on all the sources of pressure that modify the vegetation cover of rural Africa, including the effects of fires and burning of b...

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Autores principales: Leeuw, P.N. de, Reid, Robin S.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49990
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author Leeuw, P.N. de
Reid, Robin S.
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description The impact of human endeavours on the environment in the struggle to eke out a living through crop and animal agriculture is examined in a holistic context. Analyses focus on all the sources of pressure that modify the vegetation cover of rural Africa, including the effects of fires and burning of biomass, fuel wood extraction and deforestation and land clearing.
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spelling CGSpace499902025-11-04T14:12:48Z Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure Leeuw, P.N. de Reid, Robin S. environments livestock land degradation rangelands stocking density distribution biomass deforestation burning mankind The impact of human endeavours on the environment in the struggle to eke out a living through crop and animal agriculture is examined in a holistic context. Analyses focus on all the sources of pressure that modify the vegetation cover of rural Africa, including the effects of fires and burning of biomass, fuel wood extraction and deforestation and land clearing. 1995 2014-10-31T06:08:39Z 2014-10-31T06:08:39Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49990 en Open Access application/pdf Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
spellingShingle environments
livestock
land
degradation
rangelands
stocking density
distribution
biomass
deforestation
burning
mankind
Leeuw, P.N. de
Reid, Robin S.
Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure
title Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure
title_full Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure
title_fullStr Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure
title_full_unstemmed Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure
title_short Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure
title_sort impact of human activities and livestock on the african environment an attempt to partition the pressure
topic environments
livestock
land
degradation
rangelands
stocking density
distribution
biomass
deforestation
burning
mankind
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49990
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