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  Participatory research and development for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management: a sourcebook. Volume 1: understanding participatory research and development

  International Development Research Centre, 2005

  This sourcebook promote access to systematised information on field-tested participatory research and development (PR&D) concepts and practices among field practitioners and their organisations.The book includes the following:emphasis on information applicable to research- and development-oriented activities, complementing existing publications/materials that primarily focus on the use
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  Freshwater and poverty reduction: serving people, saving nature - an economic analysis of the livelihood impacts of freshwater conservation initiatives

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2005

  Using four case studies, this report analyses how better management of freshwater resources contributes to the improvement of livelihoods of poor local communities.
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  Lessons learnt from new initiatives in forest management for bio-diversity enrichment, poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods: case studies from India, China, Nepal and Laos

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This paper draws lessons from indigenous perspectives of forest communities in India, China and Nepal which are involved in relatively new initiatives in local forest management for over-arching goals such as enrichment of bio-diversity, poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods.
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  Poverty and conservation: landscapes, people and power

  World Conservation Union, 2005

  This book focuses on conservation’s potential to contribute actively to long-term sustainable development and, more immediately, to poverty reduction. Conservation has, at times, contributed to local poverty by denying poor people control over and access to the natural resources that underpin their livelihoods.
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  Targeting livelihoods evidence

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  This manual draws on real experience from Uganda to provide advice to forestry planners and managers on how to go about raising the profile of forestry at the level of national government. This involves "marketing" forestry: customising the product and building a chain of relationships to help get the new product to customers.
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  Forestry as safety net: listening to the voices of the poor from 15 forest villages in India

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This paper discusses the role of forests in providing safety nets to poor communities in terms of sourcing livelihoods, food security and well being.
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  Chance, change, and choice in Africa's drylands

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2004

  This paper focuses on policy dimensions in improving the livelihoods of the inhabitants of Africa’s drylands, who account for an estimated 40% of the continents population.
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  Livelihoods and climate change: combining disaster risk reduction, natural resource management and climate change adaptation in a new approach to the reduction of vulnerability and poverty

  Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2003

  This paper discusses a variety of issues surrounding livelihoods and climate change. Highlights of the paper include:
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  Managing natural resources for sustainable livelihoods: uniting science and participation

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  This book analyses and extends the premise that management of local resources has a greater chance of a sustainable outcome when there is partnership between local people and external agencies, and agendas relevant to their aspirations and circumstances.
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  Poverty and the environment: measuring the links

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  The relationship between poverty and environment is complex. This complexity often leads to inadequate understanding and policy responses. Can indicators be developed that encompass both poverty reduction objectives and improvements to the environment? Can such indicators play a role in developing a better understanding of poverty-environment relationships?

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