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The rural poor, the private sector and markets: changing interactions in Southern Africa
Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003Is current development thinking in Southern Africa correct in claiming that market-oriented strategies and private sector involvement are the basis for future economic growth in the region?DocumentValuing alternative land-use options in the Kitengela wildlife dispersal area of Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute, 2002This study aims to provide information to help inform the search for landuse activities that will lead to protection of wildlife corridors and dispersal areas in the Kitengela wildlife dispersal area, whilst at the same time, maximising returns from the land. A formal household survey was carried out on a relatively small sample of 35.DocumentCommunity based natural resources management in Mozambique: a theoretical or practical strategy for local sustainable development?: the case study of Derre Forest Reserve
IUCN, Mozambique, 2003What does community based natural resource management (CBNRM) mean for Mozambique's poor?Through the case study of Derre Forest Reserve in Zambezia province, this paper explores the theory and practice of CBNRM, an approach which has been widely promoted in southern Africa, and is central to elements of the Mozambican forestry and wildlife policy of 1999.The paper examines the history of comDocumentGenetically modified crops and sustainable poverty alleviation in Sub Saharan Africa: an assessment of current evidence
Third World Network Africa, 2003This paper recasts the debate over biotechnology by empirically evaluating current experiences with genetically modified crops in Africa. The debate is moved from hypothetical risks, to actual results.DocumentA summary report from the Mexico Action Summit
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2003Participants at the Mexico Action Summit explored how increased food production to feed the rural poor can be made compatible with natural resource management and biodiversity stewardship.DocumentPoverty reduction, equity and climate change: challenges for global governance
Overseas Development Institute, 2003This paper first focuses on the poverty and sustainable development issues of climate change, considering the potential and limitations of win-win poverty and environmental options. It concludes by assessing strategies for linking poverty, equity and environmental outcomes.Policy conclusions include‘Equity’ is key to future North-South cooperation in climate change ‘mitigation’.DocumentHigh stakes: the future for mountain societies
Panos Institute, London, 2002This report looks at the threats that face mountain environments and the people that live in them. It describes a 'vertical gradient of poverty' whereby 80 per cent of mountain inhabitants live below the poverty line. The authors describe the political, cultural and social marginalisation of many mountain communities.DocumentPoverty and climate change: reducing the vulnerability of the poor through adaptation
Department for International Development, UK, 2003The report makes clear that climate change presents a serious risk to poverty eradication and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. While it affects us all, the adverse impact of climate change is more severely felt by poor people and poor countries.DocumentThe links between biodiversity and poverty
World Commission on Protected Areas, 2001Poor people, especially those living in areas with low agricultural productivity, depend heavily and directly on genetic, species and ecosystem biodiversity to support their livelihoods. This support takes the shape of contributions to health and nutrition, reduced vulnerability, crop and stock development, and off-farm resource use.