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High mountain adaptation partnership: lessons learned in Nepal and Peru
Climate Change Resilient Development project - Mainstreaming Adaptation for USAID, 2015Glacier-dominated mountains play a major role in providing water to large numbers of people. These glacier-dominated areas also pose unique challenges to downstream communities as they adapt to recent and continuing global climate change.DocumentStrengthening the resiliency of dryland forest-based livelihoods in Ethiopia and South Sudan: A review of literature on the interaction between dryland forests, livelihoods and forest governance
Center for International Forestry Research, 2015This literature review explores how political, economic and resource management policies and programs can reduce forest degradation and increase the contribution of forest goods and services to sustainable livelihood strategies.DocumentGender and climate change in the Indian Himalayas: global threats, local vulnerabilities, and livelihood diversification at the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Copernicus Publications, 2015This paper presents a case study from the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve outlining the implications of climate change for women farmers in the area, as well as highlighting the potential for ecotourism as a key livelihood asset. It argues that ecotourism could strengthen the adaptive capacity of local communities' in Uttarakhand, India, more broadly.DocumentStrategic framework for resilient livelihoods in earthquake affected areas of Nepal
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2015This working paper explores the strategic choices and options for developing resilient livelihoods post-earthquake in Nepal.DocumentClimate change impacts on livestock
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015This working paper summarizes projected climate change impacts on livestock across Africa.DocumentMining value chains and green growth in South Africa: A conflictual but intertwined relationship
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2015The development of mining value chains is conflictual but deeply intertwined with the goal of sustainable development. The response of mining value chains to the shift to a green economy cannot be business-as-usual and requires a proactive answer by business, Government, labour, non-governmental organisations and the research community in support of sustainable development.DocumentMigration and global environmental change: methodological lessons from mountain areas of the global South
Copernicus Publications, 2015This article synthesises evidence on the relationship between migration and environmental and climatic changes, particularly in relation to mountain livelihoods in the global South. The article highlights that mountain livelihoods are often characterized by high prevalence of family farming, widespread dependence on natural resources, and high sensitivity to climatic changes.DocumentAssessing climate change vulnerability and its effects on food security: Testing a new toolkit in Tanzania
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015This CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) working paper presents a new step-by-step toolkit for the implementation of a participatory vulnerability assessment (PVA) in rural localities.DocumentOrganic agriculture and post-2015 development goals: building on the comparative advantage of poor farmers
Asian Development Bank, 2015The book makes an evidence-based case for organic agriculture in developing countries, particularly those in Southeast Asia.DocumentAgroforestry for landscape restoration and livelihood development in Central Asia
World Agroforestry Centre, 2015This paper discusses how the adoption of agroforestry for ecosystem and livelihood improvement in Central Asian countries can be enhanced.Pages