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Biodiversity: ICT Update - Issue 52 December 2009

Contents include:

http://ictupdate.cta.int/en/(issue)/52

* Farmers Teaching farmers - When researchers in Burkina Faso identified the best crop varieties for the Sissili region, a local organization, FEPPASI, introduced ICTs to inform farmers and explain new growing techniques...

* Pastoralists picture land use - A team of researchers combine maps, satellite images and participatory mapping techniques to develop an accurate picture of land use among pastoralists in southern Ethiopia...

* A balance of life and livelihoods - Faced with difficult choices, a Maasai community in Kenya was able to get an accurate picture of their land resources...

* A base for biodiversity data - For the last 20 years, the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust has been collecting the details of the country’s fauna and flora in one multimedia database...

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