Study site description: Ribeira Seca, Cape Verde

Table of Contents

1. Responsible IP partner
2. General information
3. Bio-physical description
4. Socio-economic description
   1. Population density and structure
   2. Level of education
   3. Level and sources of income
   4. Major livelihood sources
   5. Impacts of land degradation on livelihoods
   6. Major challenges to land resource management
   7. Major drivers of land degradation processes
   8. Other relevant socio-economic indicators
5. Institutional and political setting
6. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups
7. Past and on-going projects

Major drivers of land degradation processes

The main driver for degradation processes is the population growth, which sets an overwhelming pressure on the natural resources, despite the effort made on soil and water conservation.

Other important drivers are: deficient information regarding natural resource management; insecure land tenure since most of the farmers do not own land; poor access to financial support for agriculture activities; and lack of institutional mechanisms to implement and monitor political measures regarding natural resource management.