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    Commercialization of non-timber forest products: factors influencing success

    Overseas Development Institute, 2006
    Commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as an approach to rural development in tropical forest areas. However, donor investments in the development of NTFP resources have often failed to deliver the expected benefits in terms of poverty alleviation and improved conservation of natural resources.
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    Incentives for sustainable hunting of bushmeat in Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea

    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 poor understanding of cause and effect.
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    NTFPs and poverty alleviation in Kyrgyzstan: potential and critical issues

    Intercooperation, 2006
    NTFPs from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan have the potential to contribute to poverty alleviation in the region. This can only occur through the reform of institutional arrangements regarding access to these products. The author uses the three dimensions of the World Bank’s definition of poverty to raise some important issues about this matter:Opportunity
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    Agriculture and climate change: real problems, false solutions

    EcoNexus, 2009
    Agriculture plays an important role in climate change, both as a contributor emitting greenhouse gasses (GHGs) and as a potential reducer of negative impacts. This paper gives an overview of how current and proposed agricultural practices affect climate change and how the proposed measures for mitigation and adaptation impact agriculture.
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    Sustainable livelihoods enhancement and diversification: a manual for practitioners

    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.
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    Rainwater harvesting: a lifeline for 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 services.
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    Farm ponds for water, fish and livelihoods

    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 domestic and livestock water supplies as well as irrigation for crops.
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    Rights-based approaches: exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

    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 undermine those same rights of affected communities and can undermine conservation objectives.
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    Why gender matters: a tutorial for water managers

    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 autonomy. This tutorial is primarily aimed at those people interested in or responsible for managing water resources.
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    Observations on the intersections of human rights and local practice: a livelihood perspective on water

    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 broader right to livelihood.

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