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Marlana Salmon-Letelier; Bernard Thuo; Allison Park; Gabriel Sambo; Richard Stephen Tekdek – African Educational Research Journal, 2024
The educational crisis in Northeast Nigeria, deepened by conflict, economic challenges, and the COVID-19 pandemic, has significantly hindered access to quality education for millions of children. In response, EdTech solutions such as the Mavis Talking Books and Pens have shown potential in supporting education in conflict-affected and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Developing Nations, Community Involvement
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Hanna, Rema; Oliva, Paulina – Future of Children, 2016
Climate change may be particularly dangerous for children in developing countries. Even today, many developing countries experience a disproportionate share of extreme weather, and they are predicted to suffer disproportionately from the effects of climate change in the future. Moreover, developing countries often have limited social safety nets,…
Descriptors: Climate, Children, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Le, Hai Dinh; Smith, Carl; Herbohn, John; Harrison, Stephen – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
Rural communities in many parts of the tropics are dependent of forests for their livelihoods and for environmental services. Forest resources in the tropics have declined rapidly over the past century and therefore many developing countries in the tropics have reforestation programs. Although reforestation is a long-term process with long-term…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Forestry, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
Uniterra, 1982
Highlights the tenth session of the United Nation's Governing Council. Indicates that a clearer course is needed for the United Nations Environment Programme and that additional funds are desirable. Includes an edited extract of Dr. Mustafa Tolba's (UNEP's Executive Director) closing address. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Depleted Resources, Developing Nations, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
Southgate, Douglas D., Ed.; Disinger, John F., Ed. – 1987
Over time, scientists, technologists, and resource managers in affluent countries have devised and institutionalized methodologies for exploiting and managing natural resources in their own environments with considerable success. In doing so, they have provided models, at least of development and affluence, that the less developed countries seek…
Descriptors: Depleted Resources, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors, Economic Factors
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Olokesusi, Femi – Environmental Education and Information, 1987
Attempts to identify the need for support communication in water development projects in developing countries. Describes how the support communication process could be planned and implemented in ways that would enhance environmental quality. Focuses on water projects in the rural areas of developing nations. (TW)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Communications, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi (Kenya). – 1987
Poor land and environmental pressures are degrading many of the world's dryland areas. Despite international efforts to halt desertification, the problem is worsening; one-third of the earth's land area, and as many as 850 million of the world's poorest people, are potentially at risk. Presented are some of the key facts and possible solutions to…
Descriptors: Climate, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Developing Nations
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Bowonder, B. – Environmentalist, 1987
Describes how environmental problems in developing countries partly arise out of lack of development. Emphasizes that environmental education is critical under these conditions. Argues for the systematic integration of economic and environmental plans for various regions. (TW)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Developing Nations
Brown, Lester R.; Jacobson, Jodi L. – 1987
Aside from the growth of world population itself, urbanization is the dominant demographic trend of the late twentieth century. The number of people living in cities increased from six hundred million in 1950 to over two billion in 1986. If this growth continues unabated, more than half of humanity will reside in urban areas shortly after the turn…
Descriptors: Demography, Depleted Resources, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors