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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Main Authors: Jan Sendzimir, Chris P. Reij, Piotr Magnuszewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2011-09-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss3/art1/