Africa environment outlook : case studies : human vulnerability to environmental change.

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Title:

Africa environment outlook : case studies : human vulnerability to environmental change.

Author:

United Nations Environment Programme.

ISBN:

9789280723656

Publication Information:

Stevenage, Hertfordshire : Published by Earthprint Ltd. on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme, 2004.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 182 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.

General Note:

A complement to the Africa environment outlook report (2002).

Contents:

pt. 1. Case studies illustrating environmental change and its impact on human vulnerability: case study 1. Communal conflicts in Darfur region, Western Sudan ; case study 2. Impact of environmental change on human vulnerability in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda ; case study 3. Environmental change and the vulnerability of pastoralists to drought: the Maasai in Amboseli, Kenya ; case study 4. Deforestation as a cause of human vulnerability: communities living near the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon ; case study 5. Lake Vicroria: a case study of complex interrelationships ; case study 6. The consequences of hasty industrialization in Saldanha Bay, South Africa -- pt. 2. Case studies showing interventions to control environmental degredation and reduce human vulnerability: case study 7. Reducing vulnerability of herders in the Eastern region of Morocco ; case study 8. The role of community wildlife-based enterprises in reducing human vulnerability: the Il Ngwesi Ecotourism Project, Kenya ; case study 9. Land degredation and human vulnerability in the drylands of northern Namibia ; case study 10. Decreasing human vulnerability in Manchieyt Nasser, Cairo, Egypt ; case study 11. Cyclone early warning systems in the Western Indian Ocean ; case study 12. Malaria control in Mauritius.

Subject Term:

Environmental policy -- Africa.

Geographic Term:

Africa -- Environmental conditions.

Added Corporate Author:

United Nations Environment Programme.

Added Uniform Title:

Africa environment outlook.

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Summary

This publication is a complementary document to the Africa Environment Outlook report (ISBN 9280721011) and focuses on the interaction between the local environment and human livelihoods. The publication is divided into two sections: case studies explaining how various types of environmental change impact on people making them vulnerable to poverty, food security and diseases; and examples of interventions carried out to reduce environmental degradation and human vulnerability, providing lessons and recommendations for future actions.