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Assessing Context-Specific Factors to Increase Tree Survival for Scaling Ecosystem Restoration Efforts in East Africa
Increasing tree cover in agricultural lands can contribute to achieving global and national restoration goals, more so in the drylands where trees play a key role in enhancing both ecosystem and livelihood resilience of ...
Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya - Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands
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populations and associated pressure on water and land. Based on a combination of social and natural science
methods, we studied a 30-year transformation process from pastoralism to a livestock-based agro-pastoral system
in ...
A Brief Guide for Research Engagement with Development Partners
There is growing demand on agricultural research institutions to deliver development outcomes and
impacts that are tractable and measurable within a reasonable time frame. In the conventional ...
Data on how tree planting and management practices influence tree seedling survival in Kenya and Ethiopia
Understanding which trees farmers prefer, what determines their survival and enhancing farmer knowledge of tree management is key to increasing tree cover in agricultural landscapes. This article presents data on tree ...
Spatial assessments of soil organic carbon for stakeholder decision-making – a case study from Kenya
Land degradation impacts the health and livelihoods of about 1.5 billion people worldwide. Given that the state of the environment and food security are strongly interlinked in tropical landscapes, the increasing need for ...
Application of systematic monitoring and mapping techniques: Assessing land restoration potential in semi-arid lands of Kenya
Drylands cover over 40% of the earth's surface and support over 2 billion people, globally (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). In East Africa alone, over 250 million people depend on drylands for their livelihoods (De ...
Mapping numerically classified soil taxa in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania using machine learning
Inadequacy of spatial soil information is one of the limiting factors to making evidence-based decisions to improve food security and land management in the developing countries. Various digital soil mapping (DSM) techniques ...
Trait‐based approaches for guiding the restoration of degraded agricultural landscapes in East Africa
1. Functional ecology provides a framework that can link vegetation characteristics of various land uses with ecosystem function. However, this application has been mostly limited to [semi‐]natural systems and small spatial ...
Implications of variation in local perception of degradation and restoration processes for implementing land degradation neutrality
The concept of land degradation neutrality (LDN) is a new approach receiving considerable interest because of its potential to address land degradation. Implementing LDN presents a number of challenges primarily concerned ...