Innovation for sustainable development: local case studies from Africa
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [New York United Nations c2008]
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Africa faces sustainable development challenges in coming decades, but also significant opportunities. The period since the beginning of this new millennium has been one of the strongest economic performance on the continent. This volume aims to highlight many exciting innovations for sustainable development in Africa at the local level. It also begins to assess the scope of scaling up these innovations to make an impact on a larger scale.--Publisher's description
Includes bibliographical references
Honey Care Africa Limited, Kenya: fighting poverty with honey -- Village of Andavadoaka, Madagascar: marine reserves for octopus -- Lufumbu Village water project, Tanzania: offsetting shortage in water infrastructure -- Restoring Kafue Flats, Zambia: preserving biodiversity through water management -- Bushbuck Ridge Project, South Africa: working for wetlands -- Cows to Kilowatts, Nigeria: turning waste into energy and fertiliser -- Microcare, Uganda: financing health through communities -- TRACnet, Rwanda: fighting pandemics through information technology -- Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone: building tourism on traditional knowledge -- Buhoma Village, Uganda: creating new trails in ecotourism
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (60 p.)
ISBN:9781435663091
1435663098

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