REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED LANDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: LESSONS FROM CASE STUDIES

REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED LANDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: LESSONS FROM CASE STUDIES

WORKSHOP ON STRENGTHENING REGIONAL ACTION – IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IPF/IFF PROPOSALS

Year of publication 2004

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Product type Meeting

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Synopsis (short abstract) Land degradation, defined as the temporary or permanent decline in the productive capacity of the land, threatens the lives of millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), especially those residing in rural areas. The area covers 13.9 million km2 or about 46 percent of the continent and can be broadly classified into three zones: (i) humid lands; (ii) sub-humid lands, and (iii) dry lands. 2. Land degradation affects all three zones to differing degrees. Key factors are agricultural expan sion, logging, firewood and charcoal production, mining, human settlements, infra-structural and related industrial developments. Overgrazing and uncontrolled fires add to problems, especially in sub-humid and dry lands zones. Poor government policies, inequitable distribution of benefits, market and policy failures, population growth, rural poverty and poor economies exacerbate conditions, particularly when they are combined with natural causes such as drought, fire by lightning, floods, and in sects and diseases.

Language English

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