Essays about: "effects of deforestation in kenya"

Found 3 essays containing the words effects of deforestation in kenya.

  1. 1. Energy Access for the Most Vulnerable Groups : A Study on the Long-Term Effects of Energy Access in a Refugee Camp Context with Inclusion of the Host Community

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Marie Stjernquist Desatnik; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 17 goals to end poverty and ensure the right to development for everyone. Previous research has found that 2/3 of the goals partly depend their success upon whether SDG 7 Ensure access to sustainable, affordable and modern energy for all is achieved or not. READ MORE

  2. 2. Effects of land use on soil microbial community function in western Kenya highlands

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Glòria Pallarès Vinyoles; [2008]
    Keywords : soil microbial community function; land use; agroforestry; Biolog Ecoplates; Kenya;

    Abstract : Land degradation, agricultural intensification and deforestation may result in a loss of soil microbial community function, detrimental to resilience and to sustained productivity. In order to assess the effects of land use on microbial community function in a tropical soil the following hypotheses were considered: (1) functional capacity measured as substrate-utilization potential decreases with intensification of land use and (2) tree planting - i. READ MORE

  3. 3. Modelling the Effects of Deforestation on Stream Flows in Arror River Basin-Kenya

    University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Cosmus Muli; [2007]
    Keywords : River basin; Stream flow; Land use change; Arror; Hydrology; Forest;

    Abstract : Abstract. Like other developing countries, forest conversion to agricultural land has been a common practice in Kenya for the last four decades. Apart from illegal logging, the main cause is the growing population. READ MORE