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This study assessed the status of urban and peri-urban forestry, evaluated the effect of population growth on urban forests landscape and designed innovative strategies that will ensure sustainability and improvement of urban living environment. It was investigated through secondary data, field investigation, enquiries to relevant stakeholders, direct assessment and observations of urban and peri-urban forest landscapes in Cameroon. These analyses highlight the extreme diversity of...

The transition from apartheid to the post-apartheid era has highlighted questions about the past and the persistence of its influence in present-day South Africa. This is particularly so in education, where the past continues to play a decisive role in relation to inequality. Between Worlds: German Missionaries and the Transition from Mission to Bantu Education in South Africa scrutinises the experience of a hitherto unexplored German mission society, probing the complexities and paradoxes...

This qualitative case study explores the effect of government aid and related policies on the institutional character of Catholic secondary schools in Uganda. Private Catholic and government aided Catholic schools showed a clear and coherent institutional identity that fosters a positive school culture. However, Catholic school autonomy and identity are constrained by state policy, especially in government aided Catholic schools. Government control over selection of personnel and students in...

Abstract Most published research on Information Systems (IS) education in developing countries have focused on curriculum design, transfer and implementation issues. Research focusing on the evaluation of these programs and concrete analysis in terms of their long‐term developmental impact have been limited. In this paper, Amartya Sen's capability approach served as a theoretical lens for assessing the effectiveness of internship programs for IS students and their contributions to human...

Abstract Most published research on Information Systems (IS) education in developing countries have focused on curriculum design, transfer and implementation issues. Research focusing on the evaluation of these programs and concrete analysis in terms of their long‐term developmental impact have been limited. In this paper, Amartya Sen's capability approach served as a theoretical lens for assessing the effectiveness of internship programs for IS students and their contributions to human...

Tropical dry deciduous forests provide numerous ecosystem services yet their contribution to agricultural production remains underexplored. We address this research gap by quantifying the broader suite of ecosystem services that support small holder farmers and identifying farmers' knowledge of storm hazard reduction benefits provided by forest fragments in Madagascar. We survey 240 households and interview eight key informants to identify household and community responses in two communities...

Droughts are unlikely to influence support for political violence unless they coincide with unfavourable social and political conditions. In this article I suggest that support for violence in times of drought depends on people's relationship with their government and the way in which this relationship determines their vulnerability to adverse climatic shocks. Droughts impose serious economic pressures on affected people, especially in Sub-Saharan countries, where access to alternative...

USING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO AWARENESS ABOUT THE CONTAMINATION OF THE WATER IN CALANGA - MOZAMBIQUE

Appears in: ICERI2017 Proceedings Publication year: 2017Pages: 1-6ISBN: 978-84-697-6957-7ISSN: 2340-1095doi: 10.21125/iceri.2017.0016Conference name: 10th annual International Conference of Education, Research and InnovationDates: 16-18 November, 2017Location: Seville, Spain

Many tropical countries have potential for adding market value to unique forest origin products similarly to how EU gain billions of Euro's annually from registering agricultural origin products, with Protected Denomination of Origin or Protected Geographical Indication. Following analysis of the renaissance for the global Geographical Indication (GI) regime, this article provides case-studies from Kenya – on Mwingi Honey, Kakamega Silk and institutional conditions under which producers may...

In order to produce diplomates for direct industry utilization, there is need for improved delivery and reorganization of course outline in digital electronics in Polytechnics in Nigeria. A critical investigation into existing course outline of digital electronics revealed that students are exposed to the principle of operations, theory and applications of digital device, but lacks the real-world experience in fundamental design of these logic devices. The effect has been observed; it...

While rhetoric concerning gender equity is beginning to emerge in many African nations, a dearth of research examines the status of gender equity in actual Sub-Saharan African classrooms. The purpose of this study was to explore teacher views of gender equity pertaining to primary grade boys and girls.  Data were collected using the Teacher Attitudes Survey (TAS) (Anderson, 2005). This instrument was administered to 137 randomly selected Tanzanian primary grade teachers.  Findings suggest...

As alternatives to industrial agriculture such as agroecology and ‘ecological intensification’ gain policy traction there is renewed interest in traditional agro-ecosystems. Despite the relatively extensive literature on indigenous soil knowledge, or “ethnopedology,” – our understanding of associated processes of soil enrichment are limited. This review draws on diverse and sometimes obscure literatures and personal communications with practitioners to fill this knowledge gap. We show that...

Book Review Health AffairsVol. 36, No. 11: Global Health Policy Unlikely SurgeonsJoseph D. Forrester AffiliationsJoseph D. Forrester ([email protected]) is a general surgery chief resident in the Department of Surgery, Stanford University, in California. He is pursuing a career in international acute care and war surgery. From 2013 to 2015 he was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and was deployed multiple times to Liberia to fight...

Introduction and Aim Simulation is increasingly recognised as an important tool in medical education, allowing for the practice of clearly defined, easily repeatable scenarios in an immersive fashion without fear of harm. This is particularly important in a low-resource setting whereby junior staff are more likely to be first responders to critically unwell patients, with limited support, without a crash-call system, frequently requiring escalation through the use of a telephone. We aimed to...