Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa

Vol.14, No.6, 2012

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
About the Contributors
ARTICLES
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PAYMENTS AND MARKETS IN DRY REGIONS OF MAHENYE CAMPFIRE, ZIMBABWE
By: Ephraim Chifamba

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURES IN OIL AND GAS AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA
By: Victor Chiedu Oba and Musa Inuwa Fodio

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION VERSUS ARTISANAL GOLD MINING: A CASE STUDY OF CHIMANIMANI NATIONAL PARK, ZIMBABWE
By: Edson Gandiwa and Patience Gandiwa
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA
By: Ben E. Aigbokhan

ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SETTLING PONDS IN TREATING MINE EFFLUENT: A CASE OF MUROWA DIAMONDS MINE
By: Demberere Tendai, Mutengu Sherman, Ncozana Tatenda and Rashiti Morris

DISPUTED PAPER HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN DUE TO AUTHORS' DISAGREEMENT ABOUT DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS

DETERMINANTS OF URBAN POOR HOUSING TYPES IN MAKOKO AREA, LAGOS
By: Omoayena Yadua
ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
By: Ayodele Temitope Raphael, Olanrewaju Oludolapo Akanni and Jimoh Abdul-Ganiyu Adisa
BIOREMEDIATION WITH THE WATER HYACINTH (EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES): A PANACEA FOR RIVER POLLUTION IN THE CITY OF MASVINGO (ZIMBABWE)?
By: Phanankosi Moyo and Jemitias Mapira
AN ANALYSIS OF TRAVEL FREQUENCY USING THE COM-POISSON REGRESSION MODEL - IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN MAURITIUS
By: Riad Sultan and Naushad Mamode Khan
TRANSACTIONAL LOSS OF LAND THREATENING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LIVELIHOODS IN THE URBAN MASERU
By: Moses Daemane and Keneuoe Mot'soen
LAGOS MEGACITY OR MEGA-SLUM? TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE LAGOS MEGACITY DEVELOPMENT: SOME BASIC PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
By: Abiola Labisi
INTEGRATION OF THE INDIGENOUS AND THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FOR CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY: SIGNIFICANCES OF THEIR DIFFERENT WORLDVIEWS AND THEIR WIN-LOSS RELATIONSHIP
By: Sosthenes Ruheza and Zuena Kilugwe
THE LAND TENURE SYSTEM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ON ZIMBABWEAN SOCIETY: EXAMINING THE PRE-COLONIAL TO POST-INDEPENDENT ZIMBABWEAN THINKING AND POLICIES THROUGH HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY
By: Ishmael Makanyisa, Munamato Chemhuru and Erasmus Masitera
THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF MUSHANDIKE DAM, MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE
By: Rachel Gwazani, Edson Gandiwa, Patience Gandiwa, Victor Mhaka, Tinoziva Hungwe and Maxwell Muza
ZIMBABWE'S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION POLICY AND THE QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
By: Jemitias Mapira
PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PEOPLE PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE PORTABLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN NIGERIA
By: Lanre Tajudeen Ajibade, Oluwatoyosi Olaide Ayeni and Iyabode Munirat Ahmed

SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL WATER SCHEMES IN SWAZILAND
By: Sizwe Nkambule and Graciana Peter

TRANSBOUNDARY NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF RIGHTS AND BENEFITS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON THE ZIMBABWE-SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER
By: Ephraim Chifamba
LIVING WITH WILDLIFE AND ASSOCIATED CONFLICTS IN A CONTESTED AREA WITHIN THE NORTHERN GONAREZHOU NATIONAL PARK, ZIMBABWE
By: Edson Gandiwa, Patience Gandiwa and Never Muboko
THE CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA
By: Zephaniah Osuyi Edo
ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE: THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ON CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
By: Munyaradzi Mawere, Munyaradzi Elton Sagiya, Tapiwa Raymond Mubaya, T. Musindo Tendai, Ezekiel Mtetwa, and Henry Chiwaura
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MANAGING SOLID WASTE IN THE SHAMA-AHANTA-EAST METROPOLIS, GHANA
By: Simon Mariwah