Contents:
1. NGOs and their Influence on Environmental Policies in Africa: a Framework
Alan Thomas 2. Land Degradation and Sustainable Resource Management in an African Context
David Humphreys and
Susan Carr 3. NGO Influence at the International Negotiating Committee for a Convention to Combat Desertification: Perspectives from Zimbabwe and Nigeria
Susan Carr, Alan Thomas, Enoch Okpara, Roger Mpande and
David Humphreys 4. Challenging Maize: The Role of NGOs in Promoting the Use of Small Grains in Zimbabwe's Semi-Arid Regions
Derek Gunby 5. The Campaign for Water from the Zambezi for Bulawayo
Derek Gunby, Roger Mpande and
Alan Thomas 6. The Policy of Fencing Botswana's Communal Rangelands
Onalenna Selolwane 7. The Campaign against the Southern Okavango Integrated Water Development Project
Alan Thomas, Onalenna Selolwane and
David Humphreys 8. An NGO Campaign to Protect the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Northern Nigeria
Susan Carr and
Obasi Ogbonnaya 9. The Ogoni People's Campaign over Oil Exploitation in the Niger Delta
Susan Carr, Oronto Douglas and
Uche Onyeagucha 10. Influence thrust upon them? NGOs' role in Public Action on the Environment in Africa
Alan Thomas, David Humphreys and
Susan Carr Annex: Participants in the international seminar on
Environmental Policies and NGO Influence: Land Degradation and Resource Management Harare, Zimbabwe, 26-28 June 1996