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Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power

… community action, motivated by well-being concerns or livelihood needs, has led to improved conservation outcomes … to the poor; and 3) recognising biodiversity as a livelihood resource as well as a global public good. While we … Poverty can be thought of as a state of reduced or limited livelihood opportunities. This obviously includes tangibles …
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Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector

… helps maintain the forest habitat of moths by linking the livelihood of tribal spinners Animal skins, fur and wool: … may be through income generation as part of their daily livelihood strategies or as an additional source of income, … ultimately meaning that they need to pursue alternative livelihood strategies. Similarly, where species become rare …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… 4: Reviving tradition out of necessity. Box 5: Long-term livelihood security in Bhaonta-Kolyala in India. Box 6: Some … embarked on a series of participatory conservation and livelihood generation measures. Through such measures the … which depend on these resources culturally or for livelihood. Such conservation could be initiated and/or …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… duties include leading and coordinating IUCN’s work on livelihood security, poverty reduction, indigenous people and … underway in the new South African democracy. The broad (livelihood, procedural, land) rights in question are … of three cases, the authors illustrate potential livelihood and conservation benefits arising from securing …
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Governance of Protected Areas: From understanding to action

… and effective in delivering lasting conservation results, livelihood benefits and the respect of rights. The specific … ensuring attention and respect for the rights, the livelihood needs and the conservation capacities and … and responsibility for their conservation would mean livelihood security for the one and a half million people …
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African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas

… on the reef has been eased while maintaining fishing as a livelihood activity. 3. sustainable agriculture in watersheds … to climate change more broadly. 5. facilitation of livelihood and economic diversification Alternative solutions … found for being able to increase people’s resilience and livelihood. By increasing people’s incomes, livelihood and …
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Natural Resource Governance. Trainers' Manual

… 80 Log Fishing 81 ƒ Each participant is a ‘fisher’ whose livelihood depends on catching fish ƒ Bowls are ‘oceans’ ƒ … to grow corn, potato, and upland rice as their source of livelihood. There were no restrictions on hunting wild … They are allowed to grow fruit and vegetables for their livelihood and for generating income, only within specific …
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Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 – 2012

… general biodiversity, sustainable use, economic and livelihood issues. The Species Information Service (SIS) is … and urban areas. Fund raising • Biodiversity and Livelihood development in Land-use gradients in an Era of …
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A critique of transboundary natural resource management in Southern Africa

… the switch from agriculture to tourism as a source of livelihood makes commu- nities vulnerable to shifts in the … perspective for communities to rely on a source of livelihood that is largely outside of their control. Poor …
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Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

… communities’ abilities to develop and diversify their livelihood strategies and contributes to their continuing … to test its assumptions about what constitutes an improved livelihood. It is important, to acknowledge that while TBNRM, … introducing wildlife. Another important component of local livelihood systems is irrigated agriculture; irrigation …
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