Emmanuel Boon
Biographic Data
| ID | 783187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emmanuel Boon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emmanuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Boon |
| SIGNATURE | BOON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1046-7822 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Fostering Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Decent Work Policies in Africa
To meet the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it has been argued that governments alone are unable to deal with its associated challenges. Consequently, studies have shown how expanding governance to public, private, and civil society organizations (CSO) across scales could help make significant contributions to achieving the SDGs. Despite this admission, little is known about stakeholder engagement and collaborative approa…
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives
Climate change remains a serious threat to climate sensitive pro-poor development interventions in the Pru District of Ghana. This study examined how climate change impacts on Local Economic Development (LED) interventions, the extent to which climate change adaptation (CCA) initiatives are integrated into LED and the challenges associated with the mainstreaming process. Qualitative research design and purposive sampling was used to collect data …
Urban Environmental Health Management Challenges and Prospects in Ghana
Stakeholder participation in community development projects
The increasing importance of stakeholders in project design, implementation, and evaluation requires mechanisms to ensure their effective participation to enhance project success. As a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in the design and implementation of community development projects, International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED) adopts a quadripartite project participation model (QPPM) that facilitate…
The Recreational Value of Wetlands
Wetlands play a big role as the important recreational destinations which contribute to the increase in tourism industry. This paper evaluates the recreational value of Lake Victoria in Musoma Municipality. Primary data were gathered by administering the questionnaire to a sample of 120 recreationists. The socio-economic data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Quantification of wetland benefits was done by using Microsof…
Plant biodiversity and ethnobotany inside the projected impact area of the Upper Seti Hydropower Project, Western Nepal
Non-timber forest products farming and empowerment of rural women in Ghana
Impact of Socio-economic Activities around Lake Victoria
Wetlands are amongst the most productive ecosystems of the Earth. Despite its potential in supporting people’s livelihood in Tanzania, Lake Victoria is being converted into other land uses. This paper evaluates the impacts of main socio-economic activities on Lake Victoria in Musoma Municipality. Primary data were gathered by administering the questionnaire to a sample of 220 households. Participatory rural appraisal techniques, participant obser…
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
Though a significant volume of information has been documented on the importance and potential of NTFPs’ utilisation and its impacts on poverty reduction, livelihoods improvement and environmental sustainability, a lot of confusion is still associated with NTFPs semantics and terminologies. NTFPs have proved to be difficult to clearly define because of the blurred boundaries between timber and non-timber products and the underlying difficulty in …
The Socio-economic Contribution of African Migrants to their Home and Host Countries
Urban Agriculture in Low Income Households of Harare
Urban farming has for years served as a vital input in the livelihood strategies of urban households in Zimbabwe. In general, urban dwellers rely on the market for food but with the tremendous surge in food prices beyond the reach of the majority of the population, the poor urbanites in Zimbabwe have resorted to intensifying urban agriculture as a coping strategy to meet their immediate food requirements. This paper discusses the contribution of …
Non-timber Forest Products in Bardiya District of Nepal
This article scopes the status and potential of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in community forests and the national forest of Bardiya district in western Nepal. The human ecological approach, participatory rural appraisal, focus group discussions and interviews were used to gather data and information for analysis. The results of the data analysis indicate that the area harbours a high diversity of potential NTFPs. Altogether, 101 species an…
Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central Nepal
The Tamang people possess rich ethnopharmacological knowledge. This study allowed to identify many high value and high priority medicinal plant species, indicating high potential for economic development through sustainable collection and trade
The livelihood potential of non-wood forest products
Gender Roles in Crop Production and Management Practices
A research on gender in agriculture was conducted in Ambo district, Ethiopia, between July and September 2007 to assess gender roles in crop production and management. This article is the first of two papers resulting from this research. The second article is on “Improving Access to Productive Resources and Agricultural Services Through Gender Empowerment: A Case Study of Three Rural Communities in Ambo District, Ethiopia”. A key premise of this …
Improving Access to Productive Resources and Agricultural Services through Gender Empowerment
This article is the second of two papers produced through a research on gender in agriculture that was conducted in Ambo district, Ethiopia, between July and September 2007. The first article was on “Gender Roles in Crop Production and Management Practices: A Case Study of Three Rural Communities in Ambo District, Ethiopia”. Employing the concept of gender empowerment, this second paper identifies and analyzes the factors constraining the product…
Promoting Renewable Energy Technologies for Rural Development in Africa
The need to meet the growing energy demand from Zambia's growing economy and the large number of un-electrified households has been the major driver towards the introduction of renewable energy technology in the country. This study is based on a review of planning and policy documents, a household questionnaire survey and interviews with energy institutions, planners and rural development organisations. The paper examines Zambia's efforts to expl…
Sustainable Tourism and Benefit-Sharing in Zanzibar
Sustainable tourism (ST) development in Zanzibar is considered as one of the vital activities that could generate income for day-to-day management of protected areas through benefit-sharing. This paper examines the potential of benefit-sharing from sustainable tourism in the Kiwengwa-Pongwe tourism zone (KPTZ) in Zanzibar from two major routes: water services and tourist attractions from Kiwengwa-Pongwe forest reserve (KPFR). Nine (9) out of thir…
Are Environmental Refugees Refused
The term “environmental refugees” describes a new kind of mass human casualty caused by negative ecological impacts during the last decades. It has been estimated that 25 million environmental refugees are on the move worldwide due to environmental problems, 50 million are left homeless by cyclones, floods and earthquakes, 90 millions are displaced by infrastructural projects. These figures are expected to increase sharply in the next few decades…
Land Cover Changes Between 1968 and 2003 In Cai Nuoc, Ca Mau Peninsula, Vietnam
Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central Nepal
The Tamang people possess rich ethnopharmacological knowledge. This study allowed to identify many high value and high priority medicinal plant species, indicating high potential for economic development through sustainable collection and trade
Stakeholder participation in community development projects
The increasing importance of stakeholders in project design, implementation, and evaluation requires mechanisms to ensure their effective participation to enhance project success. As a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in the design and implementation of community development projects, International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED) adopts a quadripartite project participation model (QPPM) that facilitate…
Gender Roles in Crop Production and Management Practices
A research on gender in agriculture was conducted in Ambo district, Ethiopia, between July and September 2007 to assess gender roles in crop production and management. This article is the first of two papers resulting from this research. The second article is on “Improving Access to Productive Resources and Agricultural Services Through Gender Empowerment: A Case Study of Three Rural Communities in Ambo District, Ethiopia”. A key premise of this …
Urban Agriculture in Low Income Households of Harare
Urban farming has for years served as a vital input in the livelihood strategies of urban households in Zimbabwe. In general, urban dwellers rely on the market for food but with the tremendous surge in food prices beyond the reach of the majority of the population, the poor urbanites in Zimbabwe have resorted to intensifying urban agriculture as a coping strategy to meet their immediate food requirements. This paper discusses the contribution of …
Non-timber Forest Products in Bardiya District of Nepal
This article scopes the status and potential of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in community forests and the national forest of Bardiya district in western Nepal. The human ecological approach, participatory rural appraisal, focus group discussions and interviews were used to gather data and information for analysis. The results of the data analysis indicate that the area harbours a high diversity of potential NTFPs. Altogether, 101 species an…
Sustainable Tourism and Benefit-Sharing in Zanzibar
Sustainable tourism (ST) development in Zanzibar is considered as one of the vital activities that could generate income for day-to-day management of protected areas through benefit-sharing. This paper examines the potential of benefit-sharing from sustainable tourism in the Kiwengwa-Pongwe tourism zone (KPTZ) in Zanzibar from two major routes: water services and tourist attractions from Kiwengwa-Pongwe forest reserve (KPFR). Nine (9) out of thir…
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
Though a significant volume of information has been documented on the importance and potential of NTFPs’ utilisation and its impacts on poverty reduction, livelihoods improvement and environmental sustainability, a lot of confusion is still associated with NTFPs semantics and terminologies. NTFPs have proved to be difficult to clearly define because of the blurred boundaries between timber and non-timber products and the underlying difficulty in …
The Socio-economic Contribution of African Migrants to their Home and Host Countries
Land Cover Changes Between 1968 and 2003 In Cai Nuoc, Ca Mau Peninsula, Vietnam
Are Environmental Refugees Refused
The term “environmental refugees” describes a new kind of mass human casualty caused by negative ecological impacts during the last decades. It has been estimated that 25 million environmental refugees are on the move worldwide due to environmental problems, 50 million are left homeless by cyclones, floods and earthquakes, 90 millions are displaced by infrastructural projects. These figures are expected to increase sharply in the next few decades…
Promoting Renewable Energy Technologies for Rural Development in Africa
The need to meet the growing energy demand from Zambia's growing economy and the large number of un-electrified households has been the major driver towards the introduction of renewable energy technology in the country. This study is based on a review of planning and policy documents, a household questionnaire survey and interviews with energy institutions, planners and rural development organisations. The paper examines Zambia's efforts to expl…
Sustainable Tourism and Benefit-Sharing in Zanzibar
Sustainable tourism (ST) development in Zanzibar is considered as one of the vital activities that could generate income for day-to-day management of protected areas through benefit-sharing. This paper examines the potential of benefit-sharing from sustainable tourism in the Kiwengwa-Pongwe tourism zone (KPTZ) in Zanzibar from two major routes: water services and tourist attractions from Kiwengwa-Pongwe forest reserve (KPFR). Nine (9) out of thir…
The livelihood potential of non-wood forest products
Gender Roles in Crop Production and Management Practices
A research on gender in agriculture was conducted in Ambo district, Ethiopia, between July and September 2007 to assess gender roles in crop production and management. This article is the first of two papers resulting from this research. The second article is on “Improving Access to Productive Resources and Agricultural Services Through Gender Empowerment: A Case Study of Three Rural Communities in Ambo District, Ethiopia”. A key premise of this …
Improving Access to Productive Resources and Agricultural Services through Gender Empowerment
This article is the second of two papers produced through a research on gender in agriculture that was conducted in Ambo district, Ethiopia, between July and September 2007. The first article was on “Gender Roles in Crop Production and Management Practices: A Case Study of Three Rural Communities in Ambo District, Ethiopia”. Employing the concept of gender empowerment, this second paper identifies and analyzes the factors constraining the product…
Urban Agriculture in Low Income Households of Harare
Urban farming has for years served as a vital input in the livelihood strategies of urban households in Zimbabwe. In general, urban dwellers rely on the market for food but with the tremendous surge in food prices beyond the reach of the majority of the population, the poor urbanites in Zimbabwe have resorted to intensifying urban agriculture as a coping strategy to meet their immediate food requirements. This paper discusses the contribution of …
Non-timber Forest Products in Bardiya District of Nepal
This article scopes the status and potential of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in community forests and the national forest of Bardiya district in western Nepal. The human ecological approach, participatory rural appraisal, focus group discussions and interviews were used to gather data and information for analysis. The results of the data analysis indicate that the area harbours a high diversity of potential NTFPs. Altogether, 101 species an…
Indigenous use and bio-efficacy of medicinal plants in the Rasuwa District, Central Nepal
The Tamang people possess rich ethnopharmacological knowledge. This study allowed to identify many high value and high priority medicinal plant species, indicating high potential for economic development through sustainable collection and trade
Plant biodiversity and ethnobotany inside the projected impact area of the Upper Seti Hydropower Project, Western Nepal
Non-timber forest products farming and empowerment of rural women in Ghana
Impact of Socio-economic Activities around Lake Victoria
Wetlands are amongst the most productive ecosystems of the Earth. Despite its potential in supporting people’s livelihood in Tanzania, Lake Victoria is being converted into other land uses. This paper evaluates the impacts of main socio-economic activities on Lake Victoria in Musoma Municipality. Primary data were gathered by administering the questionnaire to a sample of 220 households. Participatory rural appraisal techniques, participant obser…
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
Though a significant volume of information has been documented on the importance and potential of NTFPs’ utilisation and its impacts on poverty reduction, livelihoods improvement and environmental sustainability, a lot of confusion is still associated with NTFPs semantics and terminologies. NTFPs have proved to be difficult to clearly define because of the blurred boundaries between timber and non-timber products and the underlying difficulty in …
The Socio-economic Contribution of African Migrants to their Home and Host Countries
The Recreational Value of Wetlands
Wetlands play a big role as the important recreational destinations which contribute to the increase in tourism industry. This paper evaluates the recreational value of Lake Victoria in Musoma Municipality. Primary data were gathered by administering the questionnaire to a sample of 120 recreationists. The socio-economic data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Quantification of wetland benefits was done by using Microsof…
Stakeholder participation in community development projects
The increasing importance of stakeholders in project design, implementation, and evaluation requires mechanisms to ensure their effective participation to enhance project success. As a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in the design and implementation of community development projects, International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED) adopts a quadripartite project participation model (QPPM) that facilitate…
Urban Environmental Health Management Challenges and Prospects in Ghana
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives
Climate change remains a serious threat to climate sensitive pro-poor development interventions in the Pru District of Ghana. This study examined how climate change impacts on Local Economic Development (LED) interventions, the extent to which climate change adaptation (CCA) initiatives are integrated into LED and the challenges associated with the mainstreaming process. Qualitative research design and purposive sampling was used to collect data …
Fostering Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Decent Work Policies in Africa
To meet the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it has been argued that governments alone are unable to deal with its associated challenges. Consequently, studies have shown how expanding governance to public, private, and civil society organizations (CSO) across scales could help make significant contributions to achieving the SDGs. Despite this admission, little is known about stakeholder engagement and collaborative approa…
Geography (17 works) · Economics (13 works) · Business (12 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Environmental planning (7 works) · Environmental resource management (7 works) · Socioeconomics (7 works)