Browsing by Author "Nasseri, Mona"
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Building Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience through Soil Organic Carbon Restoration in Sub-Saharan Rural Communities: Challenges and Opportunities
Taylor, Alex; Wynants, Maarten; Kelly, Claire; Mtei, Kelvin; Mkilema, Francis; Ndakidemi, Patrick; Nasseri, Mona; Kalnins, Alice; Patrick, Aloyce; Gilvear, David; Blake, William (MDPI, 2021-10-02)Soil organic carbon (SOC) is widely recognised as pivotal in soil function, exerting important controls on soil structure, moisture retention, nutrient cycling and biodiversity, which in turn underpins a range of provisioning, ... -
Connectivity between land, water, and people: integrating process concepts and assessment evidence across disciplines for co-design of soil erosion solutions
Blake, William; Kelly, Claire; Wynants, Mona; Patrick, Aloyce; Lewin, Shaun; Lawson, Joseph; Nasolwa, Emmanuel; Page, Annabel; Nasseri, Mona; Marks, Carey; Gilvear, David; Mtei, Kelvin; Munishi, Linus; Ndakidemi, Patrick (Authorea, 2020-04-20)Soil resources in East Africa are being rapidly depleted by erosion, threatening food-, water- and livelihood security in the region. Here we demonstrate how integration of evidence from natural and social sciences has ... -
Drivers of increased soil erosion in East Africa’s agro-pastoral systems: changing interactions between the social, economic and natural domains
Wynants, Maarten; Kelly, Claire; Mtei, Kelvin; Munishi, Linus; Patrick, Aloyce; Rabinovich, Anna; Nasseri, Mona; Gilvear, David; Roberts, Neil; Boeckx, Pascal; Wilson, Geoff; Blake, William; Ndakidemi, Patrick (Springer, 2019-06-08)Increased soil erosion is one of the main drivers of land degradation in East Africa’s agricultural and pastoral landscapes. This wicked problem is rooted in historic disruptions to co-adapted agro-pastoral systems. ... -
Drivers of increased soil erosion in East Africa’s agro-pastoral systems: changing interactions between the social, economic and natural domains
Wynants, Maarten; Kelly, Claire; Mtei, Kelvin; Munishi, Linus; Patrick, Aloyce; Rabinovich, Anna; Nasseri, Mona; Gilvear, David; Roberts, Neil; Boeckx, Pascal; Wilson, Geoff; Blake, William; Ndakidemi, Patrick (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 19-06-18)Increased soil erosion is one of the main drivers of land degradation in East Africa’s agricultural and pastoral landscapes. This wicked problem is rooted in historic disruptions to co-adapted agro-pastoral systems. ... -
Informing versus generating a discussion: Comparing two approaches to encouraging mitigation of soil erosion among Maasai pastoralists
Rabinovich, Anna; Zhischenko, Vladimir; Nasseri, Mona; Stacey, Heath; Laizer, Alpha; Mkilema, Francis; Patrick, Aloyce; Wynants, Maarten; Blake, William; Mtei, Kelvin; Ndakidemi, Patrick (Elsevier, 2022-10-21)Soil erosion is a critical problem for pastoralist societies that rely on healthy grazing land for their livelihoods. Previous research suggests that unsustainable land management practice is one of the factors exacerbating ... -
Integrating land-water-people connectivity concepts across disciplines for co-design of soil erosion solutions
Blake, William; Kelly, Claire; Wynants, Maarten; Patrick, Aloyce; Lewin, Shaun; Lawson, Joseph; Nasolwa, Emmanuel; Page, Annabel; Nasseri, Mona; Marks, Carey; Gilvear, David; Mtei, Kelvin; Munishi, Linus; Ndakidemi, Patrick (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020-10-02)Soil resources in East Africa are being rapidly depleted by erosion, threatening food, water and livelihood security in the region. Here we demonstrate how the integration of evidence from natural and social sciences has ... -
‘Mind the Gap’: Reconnecting Local Actions and Multi-Level Policies to Bridge the Governance Gap. An Example of Soil Erosion Action from East Africa
Kelly, Claire; Wynants, Maarten; Munishi, Linus; Nasseri, Mona; Patrick, Aloyce; Mtei, Kelvin; Mkilema, Francis; Rabinovich, Anna; Gilvear, David; Wilson, Geoff; Blake, William; Ndakidemi, Patrick (MDPI, 2020-09-25)Achieving change to address soil erosion has been a global yet elusive goal for decades. Efforts to implement effective solutions have often fallen short due to a lack of sustained, context-appropriate and multi-disciplinary ... -
Protecting the commons: Predictors of willingness to mitigate communal land degradation among Maasai pastoralists
Rabinovich, Anna; Heath, Stacey; Zhischenko, Vladimir; Mkilema, Francis; Patrick, Aloyce; Nasseri, Mona; Wynants, Maarten; Blake, William; Mtei, Kelvin; Munishi, Linus; Ndakidemi, Patrick (Elsevier Ltd., 2020-12)Extensive land degradation is a global problem that presents a critical threat to pastoralists’ welfare in East Africa and beyond. Although the reasons for this environmental problem are complex, it is likely to be exacerbated ... -
Soil erosion in East Africa: an interdisciplinary approach to realising pastoral land management change
Blake, William; Rabinovich, Anna; Wynants, Maarten; Kelly, Claire; Nasseri, Mona; Ngondya, Issakwisa; Patrick, Aloyce; Mtei, Kelvin; Munishi, Linus; Boeckx, Pascal; Navas, Ana; Smith, Hugh; Gilvear, David; Wilson, Geoff; Roberts, Neil; Ndakidemi, Patrick (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2018-12-03)Implementation of socially acceptable and environmentally desirable solutions to soil erosion challenges is often limited by (1) fundamental gaps between the evidence bases of different disciplines and (2) an implementation ... -
Soils, Science and Community ActioN (SoilSCAN): a citizen science tool to empower community-led land management change in East Africa
Kelly, Claire; Wynants, Maarten; Patrick, Aloyce; Taylor, Alex; Mkilema, Francis; Nasseri, Mona; Lewin, Shaun; Munishi, Linus; Mtei, Kelvin; Ndakidemi, Patrick; Blake, William (IOPscience, 2022-08-02)Pastoralist communities worldwide face complex challenges regarding food and feed productivity. Primary production systems are under stress, nutritional choices are changing and the relationship between development and ... -
We will change whether we want it or not”: Soil erosion in Maasai land as a social dilemma and a challenge to community resilience
Rabinovich, Anna; Kelly, Claire; Wilson, Geoff; Nasseri, Mona; Ngondya, Issakwisa; Patrick, Aloyce; Blake, William; Mtei, Kelvin; Munishi, Linus; Ndakidemi, Patrick (Elsevier, 2019-10-31)Soil erosion is a major environmental challenge that undermines economic development in many regions of the world. While much previous work explored physical processes behind this problem, less attention has been paid to ...