Tools for Sustainability: The Dimbangombe Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program

Implementing a community-based ecosystem health monitoring program to monitor the impacts of land management decisions at the Africa Center for Holistic Management and surrounding Wange community to make sure that they are stopping desertification, creating healthier soils, and increasing biological wealth and diversity.

Principal Investigator: Christine Jost

Co-Investigator:

• Gretchen Kaufman

Project Partners:

• The Savory Center for Holistic Management
• The Africa Centre for Holistic Management

Papers:

• Heyman, B. 2004. Can Communities Monitor the Health of their Ecosystems?, Implementing the Dimbangombe Ecosystem Health Pilot Project. Final paper submitted to the TCSVM International Veterinary Medicine Certificate Program. North Grafton: Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

• Hamilton, K. and J. Desmond. 2004. Survey of Important Parasitic and Infectious Diseases Shared by Elephants and Livestock in Dimbangombe, Zimbabwe. Summary Report to the Tufts Institute of the Environment.

• The Dimbangombe Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program Synopsis May 2003

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Links:

• The Africa Centre for Holistic Management