Table of Contents

  1. Responsible partner
  2. General Information
  3. Bio-physical description
    1. Major natural resources available
    2. Resource uses and existing land practices
    3. Existing practices on water resources
    4. Existing uses of forest resources
    5. Strengths of existing land use practices
    6. Weaknesses of existing land use practices
    7. Major degradation issues due to the use of natural resources - methodologies
    8. Major degradation issues due to the use of natural resources - analysis
  4. Socio-economic description
    1. Population density and structure
    2. Education level
    3. Level and source(s) of income main stakeholder groups
    4. Major livelihood supports available from the resource base listed above
    5. Impacts of land degradation on the livelihood of people and what groups are most affected
    6. Major challenges of existing land resource management
    7. Major drivers of main land degradation processes
  5. Institutional and political setting
    1. Existing institutions involved in natural resource management and desertification
    2. Existing civil societies and traditional organisations
    3. Existing laws and policies for land and water resource management
    4. Extension and training (availability and adequacy)
  6. Relevant end-users/stakeholder groups
  7. Past and on-going projects
  8. Bibliography