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Waste management for human health and livelihood
… Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood Rationale 1. The theme of the ninth meeting of the … Basel Convention is Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood. 2. The Basel Convention was originally adopted to … and other wastes. 4. The protection of human health and livelihood is therefore at the core of the Basel Convention …
Markets and Incentives in Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy. Using Economic and Financial Tools to Sustain Forest Livelihoods and Landscapes
… livelihoods and economies 3 Factoring forest landscape and livelihood values into economic decision-making 4 Using … use and management, while also increasing the incomes and livelihood security of the rural poor. The context: forest … poorest income group was most dependent on this source of livelihood, obtaining almost half of their income from it …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… Action. • Restore ecosystems at vulnerable sites to buffer livelihood options and conserve biodiversity from projected … Introduction: Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing • Livelihood strategies and food security of the poor often … lives here • Forest resources directly contribute to livelihood of 90% of the 1.2 billion of people living in ex- …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… wsID=1646 © 2008 IUCN Energy, Ecosystems and Livelihood Initiative Rue Mauverney 28 Gland 1196 Switzerland … same species and ecosystems that we depend on for our livelihood and well-being (UNEP 2007). The search for … is directly dependent on natural resources for their livelihood. Women’s traditional roles and responsibilities, …
A Gateway to Payments for Ecosystem Services. Using Payments for Ecosystem Services for Livelihoods and Landscapes
… within LLS is that it can help achieve conservation and livelihood objectives jointly. Payments should therefore be … In the growing literature at the interface of rural livelihood improvement and conservation of natural forests, … by forests. They offer a great overview of the livelihood impacts of forest carbon projects, by project …
Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
… resource use and conservation can make a difference to the livelihood security of the rural poor. It is hardly … which they have documented on their website. As part of livelihood support, the communities have also received … to forest resources. During the life of the LLS work, livelihood benefits were not yet quantifiable and there were …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… 3.1 Livelihood and market incentives for sustainable land use in … as natural resource use is so closely linked with livelihood issues at this level. This section give a bit of … income and subsistence, sometimes as a community's sole livelihood source and often in combination with other …
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 …