Livelihoods and natural resource management
Approximately 70% of the world’s poor are directly dependent upon natural resources such as land, forests and fisheries. The sustainable management of natural resources is therefore vitally important for their livelihoods. More…
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- Total energy access - a minimum standard of access to energy for all
- ( S. Hunt;A. Scott;L. Bates;D. Corbyn / Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group] , 2010)
- One and a half billion of the world’s people have no access to electricity at all, and three billion people rely on traditional biomass and coal for cooking. This report argues that energy pover...
- Balancing rural livelihoods, urban consumption and conservation key to controlling bushmeat hunting
- ( Noelle Francesca Kumpel / Imperial College, University of London , 2006)
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Bushmeat hunting is thought to be becoming increasingly unsustainable in west and central Africa, but true assessment of sustainability and consequently appropriate management, is constrained by po...
- Policy implications for NTFP commercialization: research from Mexico and Bolivia
- ( E. Marshall (ed);K. Schreckenberg (ed);A.C Newton (ed) / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2006)
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Commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as an approach to rural development in tropical forest areas. However, donor investments in the development of NTFP ...
- Income generation potential from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan
- ( J. Pfund (ed);P. Robinson (ed) / Intercooperation , 2006)
- NTFPs from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan have the potential to contribute to poverty alleviation in the region. This can only occur through the reform of institutional arrangements regardin...
- A manual on livelihoods enhancement and diversification
- ( Cattermoul B.;Townsley P.;Campbell J. / Innovation Network , 2008)
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The aim of this manual is to provide development practitioners with an introduction to the Sustainable Livelihoods Enhancement and Diversification (SLED) process as well as guidance for practitione...
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