Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa
This book is the result of a consultative process, which brought together experts from Eastern Africa and beyond to synthesize and compile existing information on the role of trees in building resilience in the region’s drylands. The group consisted of a mixture of experts with backgrounds in resear...
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World Agroforestry Centre
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52011 |
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| author | Leeuw, Jan de Njenga M Wagner, B. Iiyama, Miyuki |
| author_browse | Iiyama, Miyuki Leeuw, Jan de Njenga M Wagner, B. |
| author_facet | Leeuw, Jan de Njenga M Wagner, B. Iiyama, Miyuki |
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| description | This book is the result of a consultative process, which brought together experts from Eastern Africa and beyond to synthesize and compile existing information on the role of trees in building resilience in the region’s drylands. The group consisted of a mixture of experts with backgrounds in research, academia, government, farmers and development practitioners, and the book reflects the knowledge and perspectives of these various groups.
The book begins by describing the rationale behind the initiative followed by a clarification on the background and approach taken. Chapter three then describes the Eastern African region and argues why there is a need to build resilience in the livelihoods of communities living in drylands. Chapter four builds on this by introducing an ecosystem services perspective as the conceptual framework to explore the resilience offered by trees. Chapter five reviews the ecology, distribution and use of trees throughout the Eastern African region. Chapter six uses an ecosystem service perspective to review the various benefits that people derive from dryland trees. Chapter seven draws on experiences gained in development practices and presents and reviews 11 case studies of natural resource management. Chapter eight presents reflections of the write-shop participants on how best practice in resilience-building could be scaled up. A review of knowledge and information gaps regarding the contribution of trees in building resilience is presented in chapter nine, which is followed by a plan for possible follow-up action in chapter ten. |
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| spelling | CGSpace520112024-01-17T12:58:34Z Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa Leeuw, Jan de Njenga M Wagner, B. Iiyama, Miyuki climate agriculture trees arid zones resource management This book is the result of a consultative process, which brought together experts from Eastern Africa and beyond to synthesize and compile existing information on the role of trees in building resilience in the region’s drylands. The group consisted of a mixture of experts with backgrounds in research, academia, government, farmers and development practitioners, and the book reflects the knowledge and perspectives of these various groups. The book begins by describing the rationale behind the initiative followed by a clarification on the background and approach taken. Chapter three then describes the Eastern African region and argues why there is a need to build resilience in the livelihoods of communities living in drylands. Chapter four builds on this by introducing an ecosystem services perspective as the conceptual framework to explore the resilience offered by trees. Chapter five reviews the ecology, distribution and use of trees throughout the Eastern African region. Chapter six uses an ecosystem service perspective to review the various benefits that people derive from dryland trees. Chapter seven draws on experiences gained in development practices and presents and reviews 11 case studies of natural resource management. Chapter eight presents reflections of the write-shop participants on how best practice in resilience-building could be scaled up. A review of knowledge and information gaps regarding the contribution of trees in building resilience is presented in chapter nine, which is followed by a plan for possible follow-up action in chapter ten. 2014 2014-12-16T06:37:25Z 2014-12-16T06:37:25Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52011 en Open Access World Agroforestry Centre De Leeuw J, Njenga M, Wagner B, Iiyama M, (eds.). 2014. Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) |
| spellingShingle | climate agriculture trees arid zones resource management Leeuw, Jan de Njenga M Wagner, B. Iiyama, Miyuki Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa |
| title | Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa |
| title_full | Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa |
| title_short | Treesilience: An assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of Eastern Africa |
| title_sort | treesilience an assessment of the resilience provided by trees in the drylands of eastern africa |
| topic | climate agriculture trees arid zones resource management |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/52011 |
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