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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… reefs are beneficial to local populations for the many livelihood benefits and products that they provide: firewood, … that take into consideration current and future human livelihood needs and bio- physical requirements of … risk management as it is a meeting point for enhanced livelihood security for the poor and long-term management of …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… on the principle of linking environmental management to livelihood security and poverty alleviation: priorities for … of adjacent communities to sustain themselves from current livelihood strategies. Resources are being depleted and … Nepal works with mountain communities lacking alternative livelihood options, to assess the necessary measures for them …
Indigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
… hunting and gathering periods and habits, crop and livelihood diversification, use of new materials, seasonal … social and physical infrastructure, support or enhance livelihood diversification, and ensure the conservation of … range of animals and plants on which they depend for their livelihood and cultural identity. 5 Given the fact that …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… of ecosystems to meet people’s need for food and other livelihood related products, and to physically protect them … strategies that can help to provide security for the livelihood of the citizens and protection against an ever … locations beyond the zoned areas. Ecosystem stability for livelihood prosperity in PKWS is threatened by the changes in …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… Land based subsistence activities contribute to their livelihood. The main source of subsistence activities … with the negative impact of floods on the sources of livelihood. They expressed concern about the impact of floods … management activities in the river basin with community livelihood needs. An important result of the IWRM process has …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… bioenergy production and biodiversity conservation and livelihood development. This paper addresses a range of … of ecoagriculture aims to integrate conservation and livelihood objectives by looking beyond the scale of … with respect to a small number of agreed conservation and livelihood outcomes.” LOAM has been developed by the World …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… developed, so as to optimize conservation outcome and livelihood benefits. vii AABG Addis Ababa Principles and … Species Research 9:143-149. Mathur, A. 2009. CITES and livelihood – converting words into action. The Journal of … prosperity, but that they need to be compatible with the livelihood aspirations of the poor while meeting the …
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 …
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 …
Volta River Basin Ghana & Burkina Faso - Transboundary water management through multi-level participatory governance and community projects
… and to institutionalise coordination mechanisms. Livelihood projects were also supported with the aim of both … to national governance structures. m Pilot projects linked livelihood benefits to IWRM and water governance mechanisms. … and reforestation WANI supported the implementation of livelihood projects which aimed to demonstrate integrated …