The Use of GIS in Information Management in Africa. 1999
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Originally
presented at the First International Conference on Geospatial Information
in Agriculture and Forestry, this 10-page paper discusses the concept
and describes the early development of the DEVECOL/Africa information
resource.
Mapping the Range of Proven Soil Management Practices in Africa.
1999.
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This 25-page
paper tests the possibility of identifying and mapping areas where planting
pits (zai or tassa) could be extended in West Africa. DEVECOL/Africa
maps and case studies were the basis for the analysis. This paper was
written before Devecol/Africa was converted to the internet as Geo e-Links
Africa.
CBNRM and AIDS in Bushbuckridge, Northern Province, South Africa;
an Exploratory Geographic Analysis. 2002.
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This 61-page
report presents the results of a field survey of Bushbuckridge municipality,
a former homelands adjacent to Kruger National Park. Population and
resource balances are assessed, the implications of HIV/AIDS are examined;
and efforts to foster community-based natural resources management are
described. Numerous colored maps, figures and photographs illustrate
the paper.
