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Case Study Senegal: Environmental Degradation and Forced Migration

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Senegal, a country affected by increasing environmental degradation and the effects of climate change, experiences strong rural–urban and international migration.

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Fair Trade Environmental Degradation Irrigate Agriculture Forced Migration Interview Partner 
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Acknowledgements

I thank all my interview partners in Senegal, both those working for institutions and those having experienced and still experiencing environmental degradation and migration, for their help and support. This research was carried out within the framework of the EACH-FOR Project with the financial support of the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme from January to April 2008 (contract number 044468). I thank EACH-FOR project colleagues for their professional support and useful critique.

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  1. 1.University of BielefeldBielefeldGermany

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