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A broad distribution of RAE practical
experience and research is
promoted locally, nationally and internationally
through
various means of dissemination and publication.
RAE has increased its contribution to dryland development
through the broad distribution and publication of RAE
material and results. Dissemination is
continually enhanced through RAE's extensive
training programme, the hosting of many visitors,
and the expansion of collaborative links and
partnerships. The many publications and extension materials
created
by RAE usually target local and national audiences,
while publications produced about RAE often
target national and international audiences. Reports,
Extension Material and Publications produced by
RAE:
Much of RAE's research data is in the
process of being analysed and consolidated,
with publications planned on various
subjects including best dryland practices,
women as dryland managers, and the local
importance and use of plants
indigenous to Baringo. The following is an abbreviated
list of
the types of material and publications (or
sections of publications) produced by
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- • Annual and Quarterly Reports
- • Fact Sheets and Brochures
- 2000 to present
- • Extension Materials and Tools
- - Posters, fliers, maps, slide
shows and power point presentations
in Kiswahili and English
- • Films Productions
- - 'Nyasi ni Pesa', by RAE and
Earthwatch (2005)
- - Promotional Film, by RAE
(2006)
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The RAE Trust has
collected a extensive herbarium of local Baringo
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- • Paperback Publications
- - Taking Stock, Changing
Livelihoods in Africa, by Dr.
Elizabeth Meyerhoff
(1991 - ACTS Press, Nairobi Kenya)
- - Baringo Private Field Handbook,
by RAE (1998)
- - RAE Case Example in “Best Practices for Land
Rehabilitation and Restoration in Drylands”
puplication for GEF/STAP (2004)
- • Government Publications
- - “The Office of the President, National Policy
for the Sustainable Development of Arid and Semi
Arid Lands of Kenya.” by RAE, Kenya Government, and other experts
(2003 -'04)
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Publications Produced about RAE:
Documentation of RAE's development activities have been
published in varying forms over the years. The
list below is
a sampling of the many newspaper, magazine,
radio and film broadcasts produced about RAE:
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- • Kenya Daily Nation Newspaper
- - Horizon, July 13, 2000
- - Horizon, June 21, 2001
- - Horizon, August 23, 2001
- • IDRC Website (www.idrc.ca/books/reports)
- - Reports, Science from the
Developing World, Rehabilitating the
Baringo Drylands of Kenya, by Mike
Crawley
- • Virtual Exhibitions (www.virtualexhibit.net)
- - Showcasing sustainable
development initiatives around the
world, Exhibition by RAE Trust (July
2002)
- • Paperback Publications
- - Taking Root, Revegetation in
Semi-Arid Kenya, by Peter de Groot,
Allison Field-Juma and David O. Hall
(1992 - ACTS Press, Nairobi Kenya)
- -Halving Hunger: it can be done
(natural resource section), by Pedro
Sanchez, M.S. Swaminathan, Philip
Dobie and Nalan Yuksel, Millennium
Project, (2005 - Earthscan)
- • New Scientist Magazine
- - 7 January 1989 Issue, Back to
Grass Roots in Kenya, by Peter de
Groot and Peter Hall
- • Swara, East African Wildlife
Society Magazine
- - March 2004 Issue, From dustbowl
to green fields, by Rupi Mangat
- • Hardback Publications
- - Save the Earth (grasslands
section), by Jonathon Porritt (1991-
Dorling Kindersley Limited, London)
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Many
publications have been produced about the
activities of the RAE Trust
- • Radio Productions
- - 'Farming World', BBC (UK) interview with
M. Roberts (1986)
- - 'One Planet, Drylands and
Biodiversity', BBC (UK) interviews
with M. Roberts and E. Meyerhoff
(2004)
- • Film Productions
- - 'Healing the Rift', BBC (UK) m aired July 2002
- - 'Seas of Grass', PBS,
www.pbs.org (USA)
Journey to Planet Earth series
(2003)
- - 'The State of the Planet's
Wildlife', PBS (USA) Journey to
Planet Earth series (2006)
- • Journal Publications
- - Biomass measurements and
monitoring of trees and shrubs in a
semi-arid region of central Kenya,
Journal of Arid Environments, by A.
Rosenschein, T. Tietema, D.O. Hall
(1999)
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