| dc.creator | Curry-Lindhal, Kai | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-12T12:32:18Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-12T12:32:18Z | |
| dc.date | 1976 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:58:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:58:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Curry-Lindhal, Kai. (1976) Comprehensive planning of natural resources: present situation and factors to consider. Discussion Paper 240, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/655 | |
| dc.identifier | 316877 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1936 | |
| dc.description | Problems of the ecology, conservation, management and utilisation
of a nation's renewable natural resources deserve a high priority in
scientific, social and economic planning. Using examples from Kenya
and other parts of Eastern Africa, the value of various renewable
natural resources is described as well as the threats to which they are
subject.
The importance of a coordinated approach to scientific research,
management of the environment and national policy making is stressed.
Planning should start with comprehensive land use surveys. National
parks and reserves are also important, not only because they constitute
wise land use in themselves, but because they provide a basis for
comparison with regions which have been modified by man. These national
parks and reserves should be located according to ecological criteria
in order to create a network of representative ecosystems, biomes and
habitats.
The most basic factor causing environmental stress is the rapid
growth of the human population. In Eastern Africa, this leads to
stress on marginal grasslands by overstocking and inappropriate
cultivation. It is suggested that wild animals could provide more
protein for human diets without causing the same stress to the environment
as domestic species. The importance of assuring continued genetic
diversity is also emphasised.
An even more serious consequence of the accelerating population
growth is the increasing destruction of the remaining forests, particularly
on mountains and hilly slopes, because forests are a key element as retainers
of watersheds for vast areas and of soil stability.
Finally, it is suggested that developing countries should formulate
scientifically-based conservation, management and utilisation plans for
all renewable natural resources, taking into account the importance of
the vegetation cover for the maintenance of the water regime, the
productivity of soils and the habitat requirements of wild animals, with
particular attention to the control of bush fires in rangelands and forests,
clearing for cultivation, forest destruction and control of livestock
numbers. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;240 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Environment | |
| dc.subject | Economic Development | |
| dc.title | Comprehensive planning of natural resources: present situation and factors to consider | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
