THE
Research of
1989 to 1994
The Rwanda
Society-Environment Project began in 1989 and developed into a collaborative
effort involving the Department of Geography
and the Center for Advanced Study of
International Development at Michigan State University, the United Nations Environment Programme/
Global Resources Information Database, and in Rwanda
the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment and Tourism, and the National University. The objective of the Project was to assist in
the improvement of analysis and policy making for natural resources management
(NRM) in
The Rwanda Working
Papers are intended to serve as a forum for the research team to publish
initial research findings for discussion purposes. Reproduction of the Working Papers for
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WORKING PAPERS
Working Paper 1
Population
Pressure, Agricultural Productivity and Land Degradation in
Working Paper 2
Farming
System Regions in
Working Paper 3
Issues
and Alternative Approaches for the Integration and Application of Societal and
Environmental Data within a GIS, by Daniel G. Brown. PDF – 1.2 MB
Working Paper 4
Environmental
Stress in
Working Paper 5
Land
Degradation in
Working Paper 6
Conceptualizing
Global Change as Society-Environment Interaction: From the Local to the Global
in
Working Paper 7
Demographic
Responses to Resource Constraints in
Working Paper 8
Health
Services Provision in
Working Paper 9
Institutional
Structures to Facilitate Data Collection, Management and Analysis for NRM in
Sub-Saharan
Working Paper 10
Environmental
Data Needs for Assessing Agricultural Land Degradation in the Rwandan Context,
by Laurence Lewis.
Working Paper (no number)
Factors
Behind the Recent Tragedy in
Final Report
Basic
Data Systems for Natural Resource Management: Findings of the Rwandan Case
Study, by David J. Campbell, Len
Funding was provided by
Michigan State University Foundation, the Consortium for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN) for NASA under contract CSN #415-93, and
the World Wildlife Fund’s Biodiversity Support Program. The International Development Research Centre
(IDRC), Ottawa provided seed money for the Rwandan team. UNEP-GRID has donated the costs of its
activities on the project. Olson’s field
research was supported by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the
National Science Foundation (NSF) and USAID. The support of these institutions
is gratefully acknowledged. The individual
authors remain responsible for the contents of the Working Papers which should not be interpreted as necessarily
reflecting the views of the Government of Rwanda, UNEP, IDRC, CIESIN, NASA,
NSF, SSRC, USAID, WWF or MSU.
The field research for this
study was conducted before the events in Rwanda beginning in April 1994. The events completely altered the situation
of farmers in Rwanda. Nevertheless it is
hoped that the lessons learned from the research will still be of use to other
countries of Africa, and that the lessons may help in the rebuilding of Rwanda.
This
research is dedicated to the people of Rwanda.
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2005 Michigan State University Board of Trustees