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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… their biological and genetic resources for sustainable livelihood management. Source: Community Biodiversity … area. These are key elements in ensuring people’s food and livelihood security. Many farmers from the Adivasi … heritage of crop diversity because this diversity offers livelihood opportunities to the population. Ms Chiota notes …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… in the hands of the people living and making their livelihood upon lands held according to custom cannot be … in the hands of the people living and making their livelihood upon lands held according to custom cannot be … for community control of land and natural resource use for livelihood support; Establish fully inclusive participatory …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… consent” (FPIC) in matters which affect their lives and livelihood (UN General Assembly, 2007). There are several … emergency assistance in the form of tools, seeds, and livelihood support to the affected areas. One of these areas … Niyam Raja is our God. The hills offer us food, water and livelihood throughout the year and we are not going to …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… biome9. Similarly, attempts to map poverty levels across livelihood zones in sub- Saharan Africa found on average 52% … some 16% of the population rely on pastoralism for their livelihood, and in dryland countries such as Mauritania and … and consumer goods have transformed pastoralists’ livelihood objectives and herders increasingly diversify …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… needs (such as food, medicine, water, shelter) as well as livelihood opportunities (such as fisheries and farming) that … million people through the provision of food, income and livelihood (TEEB, 2010). Rapid-onset disasters refer to those … of communities through providing subsistence, livelihood options and safety nets (such as 1313 regulation …
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 …