A Methodology for Assessment and Mapping of Desertification - Report of the Kenya Pilot Study (FP/620 1-87-04)
This report presents the results of the joint Government of Kenya (GOK) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) project on the Evaluation of the FAO/UNEP Provisional Methodology for Assessment and Mapping of Desertification. The objectives of the project were i) to evaluate the FAO/UNEP (1984) methodology for use in the assessment and mapping of desertification and recommend simplified methodology that could be used elsewhere with appropriate modification; ii) To strengthen the capability of Government of Kenya agencies to undertake desertification assessment, the planning of control measure and good land management; and iii) To contribute towards the preparation of a World Thematic Atlas of Desertification.
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| Format: | Reports and Books biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Government of Kenya (GOK) Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing
1990
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| Subjects: | DESERTIFICATION, LAND ADMINISTRATION, KENYA, Ecosystem management, |
| Online Access: | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22368 |
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