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Sat, 07/17/2010 - 15:38

The stated aim of the Cop 15 in Copenhagen was to achieve a global agreement that would avert dangerous climate change – setting legally binding greenhouse gas reduction for industrialized countries and establishing financial and technological measures to help majority world

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Fri, 07/16/2010 - 16:25

Land tenure in Kenya has a direct impact on the use and management of the natural resources. When tenure rights are certain, they provide incentives to use land in a sustainable manner or invest in resource conservation whether for the individual or group of individuals (Ogolla, Mugabe
1996). Kenya having an agricultural based economy has majority of her people deriving their
livelihood from various forms of agriculture. Different communities practice various forms of
land used based on their social-economic needs and cultural practices and determined mainly

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Fri, 07/16/2010 - 13:48

Deforestation has become one of the greatest threats to biodiversity conservation, rural
livelihoods and wealth creation, particularly in the tropics. On average, the global rate of
deforestation has been estimated at 14.6 million hectares yr-1 over the past decade. In
Kenya, the area under closed-canopy forest decreased from 2.8% to 1.7% during this
period. The main causes of deforestation have been identified as illegal encroachment,
overexploitation of forest products and forest fires. Rehabilitating these degraded forests

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 18:12

This paper is a concentrate of the experiences gained from the Product Development Segment in the ITTO-TEDB-FORIG Project "Industrial Utilisation of Selected Ghanaian Lesser Used Timber Species".

The completed project segment is presented in three reports:
• Phase I: Furniture Production, April-May, 1996.
• PhaseIl: Product Development, August-September 1996.
• Phase III: Product Development Completion, July-September 1997.
 

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