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Some environmental causes of food insecurity in semi-arid Tanzania

Rugumamu, W. (The Geographical Association of Tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam, 1992)

The potential for the production of crops and livestock in the semi-arid areas of Tanzania ranges from medium for the former to high for the latter under conservation farming. It is contended that contemporary land husbandry ...

The impact of rural energy use on the environment during the economic reforms period (1981-1992): Some evidence from Tanzania

Kulindwa, K.; Shechambo, F. (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the University of Dar es Salaam, 1995)

The article briefly presents the energy situation in Tanzania, discusses the relationship between structural adjustment programmes and emerge use problems. It looks at the objectives of these SAP programmes to see the ...

Land characteristics, run-off and potential for rainwater haversting in semi- arid areas of Tanzania

Rwehumbiza, F.B.R; Hatibu, N; Machibya, M. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 1999)

Effective utilization of rainfall in semi-arid areas is very much dependent on land characteristics, land use, and management practices. Important land characteristics include soil type, soil hydraulic properties down ...

Rainfall varibility and its implications for the transferability of experimental results in the semi arid areas of Tanzania

Mahoo, H. F.; Young, M.D.B; Mzirai, O.B. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 1999)

Most of agricultural activities in semi-arid areas of Tanzania depend on direct rainfall. Conse- quently, any significant variation in the temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall usually results in serious shortage ...

A forest resources co-management strategy for Tanzania: A study of west Usambara high canopy forests

Rugumamu, William (University of Dar es Salaam, 2001)

History reveals that for rural communities in the tropics, forestlands management has been, and still is, part and parcel of rural livelihoods-caring for trees for present and future generations. Forest tenurial systems ...

Land use by people living around protected areas: the case of lake Manyara national park

Sechambo, F. (University of Dar es Salaam, 2001)

The paper discusses socio-economic trends of human activities around Lake Manyara, a declared world heritage site. It reveals the resulting conflicts in land use between crop cultivation, pastoralism, and conservation, all ...

Impact of Climate Change on Life in Africa

Desanker, Paul V. (World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 2002)

Responses of Invertebrates to Human-Caused Disturbances in East African Tropical Rainforests

Zilihona, Innocent (Edita Prima Ltd.-Helsinki 2003, 2003)

East African rain forest biotope is one of the most diverse habitat types on the planet (Lovett and Wasser 1993, Struhsaker 1997, Burgess et al. 1998, Mittermier et al. 1998, Myers et al. 2000, Newmark 2002). The Eastern ...

Pollen-based vegetation changes in southern Tanzania during the last 4200 years: climate change and/or human impact

Vincens, Annie; Williamson, David; Thevenon, Florian; Taieb, Maurice (Researchgate, 2003-05-13)

The age-constrained pollen data of a sedimentary sequence from the crater Lake Masoko, southern Tanzania (9‡20PS, 33‡45PE, 770 m), display a continuous record of vegetation for the past 4200 years. This record provides ...

Vulnerability to Climate Change in Tanzania:

Paavola, Jouni (Southern Africa Vulnerability Initiative(SAVI), 2003-06-19)

Abstract This paper examines vulnerability to climate change and its sources in Tanzania. The paper discusses the predicted changes in climate and climate change impacts, arguing that food production, land cover changes ...

Extreme weather: does nature keep up?

Leemans, Rik; van Vliet, Arnold (World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 2004)

Malisho ya kupanda

Mugasha, A.G.; Kanuya, N.L.; Chamshama, S.A (SUA TARP II, 2004)

Idadi ya ng'ombe Tanzania inakisiwa kufikia millioni 17.7 ambao wengi wao ni ngombe wa kienyeji aina ya "zebu". Idadi ya ng'ombe wa kisasa wa maziwa au machotara yao na ng'ombe wa kienyeji ni kama nusu millioni tu. Ingawa ...

Elemental and Isotopic compositions of organic carbon and nitrogen of recently deposited organic matter in empakai crater and its implication for climatic changes in northern Tanzania

Muzuka, ANN (University of Dar es Salaam, 2004-03)

Climate variability and impacts on east African livestock herders: the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Galvin, Kathleen A; Thornton, Philip K; Boone, Randall B; Sunderland, Jennifer (International Livestock Research Institute, 2004-09)

East African pastoral adaptation and vulnerability to climate variability and climate change is assessed, using data from decision making processes and ecological data of the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area as an ...

Climate change impacts on East Africa: a review of the scientific literature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (The World Wide Fund for Nature, 2006)

Climate change and disaster management

O’Brien, Geoff; O’Keefe, Phil; Rose, Joanne; Ben, Wisner (Blackwell Publishing, 2006)

Climate change, although a natural phenomenon, is accelerated by human activities. Disaster policy response to climate change is dependent on a number of factors, such as readiness to accept the reality of climate change, ...

Risks, livelihoods and vulnerability to flooding in Kyela District, South-western Tanzania

Mun'ong'o, Claude G.; Yanda, Pius Z. (Economic Research Bureau of the University of Dar es Salaam, 2006-06)

This study aimed at establishing how local livelihoods had changed due to flooding in Kyela District, Tanzania. Both primary and secondary socioeconomic data were gathered using a household questionnaire and qualitative ...

Participatory forest management in Tanzania: facts and figures

Unknown author (Extension and Publicity Unit, 2006-07)

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The Dar es Salaam Seascape

Wagner, Greg M. (Western Indian Ocean Journal, 2007)

The Dar es Salaam seascape contains a variety of interacting coastal and marine ecosystems that support diverse resources, upon which human life has depended for centuries. This paper applies the UNEP Human-Environment ...

Tourist industry and its negative effects on mount Kilimanjaro ecosystem, Tanzania

Mbije, Nsajigwa E.; Katani, Jossiah Z.; Mokiti, Michael P.; Nsenga, Justus V.; Chingonikaya, Emmanuel (Institute of rural development planning, 2007-06)

Kilimanjaro National Park (KINAPA) has recently been a centre for attraction for both local international visitors. This is because of its aesthetic and scenic beauty, which has been very appealing and an adventure of a ...

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