Sustainable management of semi-arid African savannas under environmental and political change

Drylands cover about 40% of the earth’s land surface and provide the basis for the livelihoods of 38% of the global human population. Worldwide, these ecosystems are prone to heavy degradation. Increasing levels of dryland degradation result a strong decline of ecosystem services. In addition, in hi...

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Main Author: Lohmann, Dirk
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universität Potsdam 2012
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65069
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6506/