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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- Guidelines for incorporating free, prior and informed consent into REDD+ projects
- P. Anderson / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2011
- The right for indigenous people to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has recently been strengthened through the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...
- Extensive IPCC report concerning renewable energy technologies and climate change mitigation.
- O. Edenhofer (ed);R. Pichs-Madruga (ed);Y. Sokona (ed) / 2012
- This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report regarding renewable energy and mitigation provides a comprehensive overview of the costs, benefits and future potential of the different...
- Outlining threats to water security by climate change in arid and semi-arid regions, and recommendations for adaptive strategies
- 2009
- This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the cent...
- 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
- 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...
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