LEADER 00000cam a2200589Mi 4500 001 ocn830166501 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040623.6 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 130316s2009 enk o 000 0 eng d 020 9789956715763|q(electronic book) 020 995671576X|q(electronic book) 035 (OCoLC)830166501 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dYDXCP|dDEBSZ|dN$T|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ 043 f-cm--- 049 RIDW 050 4 QH77.C17 .L384 2009 072 7 BUS|x054000|2bisacsh 082 04 333.72 090 QH77.C17 .L384 2009 100 1 Lambi, Cornelius Mbifung.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/no2003103640 245 10 Ecology and Natural Resource Development in the Western Highlands of Cameroon :|bIssues in Natural Resource Management. 264 1 Oxford :|bLangaa RPCIG,|c2009. 300 1 online resource (220 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 505 0 Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; The Editors; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter One. A Window into the Land Degradation Problem in the North West Province of Cameroon: A Revisit; Chapter Two. Environmental Degradation and Problems of Land Resource Management in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon; Chapter Three. Implications of Rapid Urbanisation for Floods, Sediment and Debris Flow Hazards in Bamenda, Cameroon; Chapter Four. Threats to the Ecological Stability of the Compound Farms in The Bamileke Plateau, Cameroon. 505 8 Chapter Five. Threats to Biological Diversity Management in the Mount Cameroon RegionChapter Six. Climographic Analysis and Mapping of the Mount Cameroon Region; Chapter Seven. Ecological Planning and the Potential for the Development of Ecotourism in Kimbi Game Reserve, Cameroon; Chapter Eight. Superficial Deposits and Ground Water Resource Development in the Upper Nun River Valley, Cameroon; Chapter Nine. The Babungo Pipe-borne Water Project: A Community Self-reliant Development Scheme in the North West Province of Cameroon. 505 8 Chapter Ten. The Dilemma of Rice Stockpiles: The Case of the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority of the North West Province of CameroonChapter Eleven. Cropping Intensity and Post-cultivation Vegetation Successions: Developing Sustainable Agro-ecosystems in Ndop Plain, Cameroon; Back cover. 520 The densely populated Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon remains one of the regions with the greatest land degradation problems in the country. Factors responsible for this include climate change, the hilly nature or topographic layout of the land, and human interference through overgrazing, destructive agricultural practices and the impact of deforestation. This detailed study of resource management and its ecological challenges in the Bamenda Highlands, stresses an important link between falling food output and soil deterioration. While most areas in this predominantly agricultural region enjoy f. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Ecological disturbances|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh00003433|zCameroon|zNorth-West Province.|0https ://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81058165-781 650 0 Conservation of natural resources|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85031255|zCameroon|zNorth-West Province.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81058165- 781 650 7 Ecological disturbances.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/901445 650 7 Conservation of natural resources.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/875502 651 0 North-West Province (Cameroon)|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n81058165|xEnvironmental conditions. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384 651 7 Cameroon|zNorth-West Province.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1213489 655 4 Electronic books. 700 1 Neba, Emmanuel Ndenecho. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aLambi, Cornelius Mbifung.|tEcology and Natural Resource Development in the Western Highlands of Cameroon : Issues in Natural Resource Management.|dOxford : Langaa RPCIG, ©2009|z9789956615483 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=410898|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160607|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID