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  Participatory Vulnerability Analysis: a step–by–step guide for field staff

  ActionAid International, 2004

  This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies, laws and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disaster. This guide is specifically developed consistent with the PVA approach to: 
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  Livelihood diversification in Borana pastoral communities of Ethiopia - prospects and challenges

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007

  This paper analyses the livelihoods of the Borana pastoral communities of Southern Oromiya in Ethiopia. It aims to inform policy makers, donors, and development practitioners about the best strategies for protecting and promoting sustainable livelihoods in the region.
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  Livelihoods and the environment at Important Bird Areas: listening to local voices

  Bird Life International, 2007

  This document provides a synthesis of key findings from 14 “Participatory Poverty Assessments” (PPAs) carried out by BirdLife Partners from Africa, the Americas and Asia, to gauge environment-livelihoods linkages.
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  Responsible management of planted forests: voluntary guidelines

  Forestry Department, FAO, 2006

  This working paper reports on issues and activities in the planted forests sector.
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  Communities, livelihoods and natural resources: action research and policy change in Asia

  International Development Research Centre, 2006

  This book responds to the question of how poor rural people can improve their living conditions and the productivity of their resource base through local interventions in natural resource management. The book describes and analyses processes and outcomes from a set of action research projects in the poorest parts of Asia.
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  Forests, illegality, and livelihoods in Cameroon

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2006

  This paper addresses the state of illegal forest activities (IFA) in Cameroon with particular attention to environmental outcomes and implications for livelihoods.
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  Vulnerability to climate stress:local and regional perspectives: proceedings of two workshops

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005

  This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research looked at how conflicts shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stresses, such as drought.
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  Family fortunes: analysis of changing livelihoods in Maasailand

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  Working in collaboration with the Belgian funded project ‘Better policy and Management Option for Pastoral Lands: Assessing Trade off between poverty alleviation and wildlife conservation (Reto-o-Reto)’, this project aims to identify the direction and drivers of change in Maasai livelihoods and analyse at household level those factors and institutions that the Maasai consider help or hinder their
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  Of global concern: rural livelihood dynamics and natural resource governance

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2006

  The global challenges of hunger, poverty and disease have led to an increasing focus within global initiatives - policies and strategies - on conditions and developments in rural areas in the South. The aim of this paper is to analyse and understand the rural livelihood dynamics and natural resource governance that are unfolding across continents.
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  Assessment of non-wood forest products and their role in the livelihoods of rural communities in the Gash-Barka region, Eritrea

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006

  In Eritrea, forest resources and vegetation cover are under serious threat and both the areas under forest cover and their quality are declining.

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