Projektnummer

0051953

Zusammenfassung

Seasonally moist or flooded lowland areas cover an estimated 228 Mio ha in Sub-Saharan Africa and about 12 million ha in Tanzania and Kenya. They fulfil numerous social and agricultural functions, are islands of biodiversity, provide clean water and are possibly important sinks for carbon. Their recent use as agricultural production sites results in user conflicts for land and water and the loss of their ability to fulfil the diverse functions. There is a need to reconcile demands for increasing production with concerns for environmental protection. The aim of the project is therefore ...