Environmental programmes with refugees: abandon the blanket approach?
Approaches to environmental problems in refugee emergencies have traditionally focused on two main areas: promotion of tree planting and dissemination of fuel-efficient stoves. This is done with the intention of increasing wood supply and simultaneously reducing the level of demand. Such activities...
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doaj-0a13f5c8c8664a178adba4620af7d09d2020-11-24T23:23:15ZaraUniversity of OxfordForced Migration Review1460-98191998-12-013811Environmental programmes with refugees: abandon the blanket approach?Greg GrimsichMatthew OwenApproaches to environmental problems in refugee emergencies have traditionally focused on two main areas: promotion of tree planting and dissemination of fuel-efficient stoves. This is done with the intention of increasing wood supply and simultaneously reducing the level of demand. Such activities are relatively easy for non-specialists to implement. They also produce two visible (and hence quantifiable) assets in a short space of time: trees and stoves.A case study from western Tanzania illustrates the diminished utility of such approaches where natural resources are locally abundant.http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR03/fmr302.pdfrefugeesenvironmental programmesenvironmental conservationrefugee campsTanzania |
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Environmental programmes with refugees: abandon the blanket approach? |
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University of Oxford |
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Forced Migration Review |
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1460-9819 |
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1998-12-01 |
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Approaches to environmental problems in refugee emergencies have traditionally focused on two main areas: promotion of tree planting and dissemination of fuel-efficient stoves. This is done with the intention of increasing wood supply and simultaneously reducing the level of demand. Such activities are relatively easy for non-specialists to implement. They also produce two visible (and hence quantifiable) assets in a short space of time: trees and stoves.A case study from western Tanzania illustrates the diminished utility of such approaches where natural resources are locally abundant. |
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