European Tropical Forest Research Network

Rehabilitation of degraded lands in Sub-Saharan Africa

Drylands discussion theme II: Factors in ecological degradation of drylands

• Causes of dry land forest degradation, Demel Teketay, Ethiopia, EARO;
  • Discussion paper: Causes of dryland forest degradation by Demel Teketay, (Word 32 kb, PDF 24 kb)
  • Summary week 2: the causes of dryland forest degradation
• 'Drivers' of degradation, management (anthropogenic), climate change, land use history etc. Bashir Jama, ICRAF;
  • Discussion paper: Causes/drivers of degradation of land and forests dry lands of sub-Saharan Africa by Bashir Jama, (Word 24 kb, PDF 10 kb)
  • Summary week 2: causes/drivers of degradation of land and forests dry lands
• Summary week 3: factors in ecological degradation of drylands (31 March - 4 April) by Mohamed Elfadl
• Summary week 4: Degradation, causes and remedy / Root suckering versus invasive species and Rehabilitation of Degraded Lands in Sub-Saharan Africa (7 - 11 April) by Jörn Laxen

Backgound documents

• Household Livelihoods in Semi-Arid Regions: Options and Constraints; B.M. Campbell, S. Jeffrey, W. Kozanayi, M. Luckert, M. Mutamba and C. Zindi

Case studies

• Community Resources Management by the Elangata Wuas Ecosystem Management Programme, Kajiado District, Kenya (Word 37 kb, PDF 38 kb)