Natural resource management
- A manual on livelihoods enhancement and diversification
- Cattermoul B.; Townsley P.; Campbell J. / Innovation Network, 2008
- 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 practitioners facilitating that process. ...
- Opportunities from rainwater harvesting to human well-being
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
- The aim of this report is to compile a synthesis of experiences that can provide insight into the multiple opportunities rainwater harvesting can have when addressing human well-being, while continuing to sustain a range of ecosystem ...
- The role of farm ponds in sustaining livelihoods
- J. Miller / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
- Aquaculture has been recognized as an important component of rural development, aimed at improving food supply and generating more income for poor farming households. Ponds add value to farming activities: water from ponds can serve d...
- Are rights-based approaches the way forward for conservation?
- J. Campese (ed); T. Greiber (ed); T. Sunderland (ed); G. Oviedo (ed) / Center for International Forestry Research, 2009
- The links between the realisation of human rights and the conservation of natural resources and biodiversity are receiving increasing attention worldwide. Experience has demonstrated that exclusionary approaches to conservation can un...
- Applying a gender approach to water management
- D. Milena Guio-Torres; P. Taylor / International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net) [UNDP, 2006
- There are significant gender differences in use, access and management of water. In many cases, gender discrimination can limit the women’s and men’s chances to access vital water resources, by placing restriction in their...
- Right to water and livelihoods in southern Africa: any links?
- B. Derman; A. Hellum (ed) / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal, 2008
- This report explores how local water management practices incorporate water within a broader right to livelihood framework. Field research findings conducted in Zimbabwe support the existence of a right to water forming part of a broa...
- Impact of forest tenure reform on local livelihoods in Vietnam
- N. Q. Tan; N. B. Ngai; T. N. Thanh / Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
- In Vietnam, forest area under the management of local people has expanded from almost nothing in the early 1990s to nearly 3.5 million hectares (27% of the national forest area) in 2006. This study looks at the extent to which such te...
- Policies and methods that work for biodiversity and livelihoods
- K. Swiderska; D. Roe; L. Siegele; M. Grieg-Gran / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
- This report is an output of IIED’s collaborative research project “Policy that works for biodiversity and poverty reduction” and is based on a literature review and three country case studies (India, Peru and Tanzani...
- Natural resource and environmental conflict: building peace
- R. Matthew; O. Brown; D. Jensen / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
- Conflicts associated with natural resources are twice as likely to relapse into conflict in the first five years, an imminent report suggests. Indeed the natural resource curse has been a primary determinant of intra-state confli...
- Can urban agriculture generate adequate livelihoods and food security?
- M. Redwood (ed) / International Development Research Centre, 2009
- This report, by researchers working in urban agriculture (UA), examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanising global South, the b...
- A manual on livelihoods enhancement and diversification
- Cattermoul B.; Townsley P.; Campbell J. / Innovation Network, 2008
- 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 practitioners facilitating that process. ...
- Opportunities from rainwater harvesting to human well-being
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
- The aim of this report is to compile a synthesis of experiences that can provide insight into the multiple opportunities rainwater harvesting can have when addressing human well-being, while continuing to sustain a range of ecosystem ...
- The role of farm ponds in sustaining livelihoods
- J. Miller / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
- Aquaculture has been recognized as an important component of rural development, aimed at improving food supply and generating more income for poor farming households. Ponds add value to farming activities: water from ponds can serve d...
- Are rights-based approaches the way forward for conservation?
- J. Campese (ed); T. Greiber (ed); T. Sunderland (ed); G. Oviedo (ed) / Center for International Forestry Research, 2009
- The links between the realisation of human rights and the conservation of natural resources and biodiversity are receiving increasing attention worldwide. Experience has demonstrated that exclusionary approaches to conservation can un...
- Applying a gender approach to water management
- D. Milena Guio-Torres; P. Taylor / International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net) [UNDP, 2006
- There are significant gender differences in use, access and management of water. In many cases, gender discrimination can limit the women’s and men’s chances to access vital water resources, by placing restriction in their...
- Right to water and livelihoods in southern Africa: any links?
- B. Derman; A. Hellum (ed) / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal, 2008
- This document reports on a study to understand how government, donor, NGO, and civil society representatives view the increasing role of NGOs in basic education in Africa. The study was carried out in Ethiopia, Guinea, Malawi, and Mal...
- Impact of forest tenure reform on local livelihoods in Vietnam
- N. Q. Tan; N. B. Ngai; T. N. Thanh / Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
- In Vietnam, forest area under the management of local people has expanded from almost nothing in the early 1990s to nearly 3.5 million hectares (27% of the national forest area) in 2006. This study looks at the extent to which such te...
- Policies and methods that work for biodiversity and livelihoods
- K. Swiderska; D. Roe; L. Siegele; M. Grieg-Gran / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
- This report is an output of IIED’s collaborative research project “Policy that works for biodiversity and poverty reduction” and is based on a literature review and three country case studies (India, Peru and Tanzani...
- Natural resource and environmental conflict: building peace
- R. Matthew; O. Brown; D. Jensen / United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
- Conflicts associated with natural resources are twice as likely to relapse into conflict in the first five years, an imminent report suggests. Indeed the natural resource curse has been a primary determinant of intra-state confli...
- Can urban agriculture generate adequate livelihoods and food security?
- M. Redwood (ed) / International Development Research Centre, 2009
- This report, by researchers working in urban agriculture (UA), examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanising global South, the b...
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