Rebuilding Resilience in the Sahel: Regreening in the Maradi and Zinder Regions of Niger
The societies and ecosystems of the Nigerien Sahel appeared increasingly vulnerable to climatic and economic uncertainty in the late twentieth century. Severe episodes of drought and famine drove massive livestock losses and human migration and mortality. Soil erosion and tree loss reduced a woodlan...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2011-09-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss3/art1/ |