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Use of a Bayesian belief network to predict the impacts of commercializing non-timber forest products on livelihoods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) has been widely promoted as a means of sustainably developing tropical forest resources, in a way that promotes forest conservation while supporting rural livelihoods.
Marshall, Elaine   +6 more
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Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and Women's Access to Resources in a Southern Ghanaian' Forest Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This thesis examines the organization of livelihoods in a forest reserve fringe community in south western Ghana. Livelihoods in these communities have been organized within three main contexts.
Abane, Henrietta
core   +7 more sources

Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches - Can they transform development? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
YesThis paper critically examines the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) in the context of broader development debates, using a literature review as a tool to explore the origins, concepts and uses of the `approach¿.
Mdee (nee Toner), Anna L.
core   +3 more sources

Putting livelihoods thinking into practice: implications for development management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
YesThe failure of `blueprint¿ development interventions to deliver substantive improvements in poverty reduction has been well recognised over the last twenty years.
Mdee (nee Toner), Anna L.   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Impact of nutrition education on nutrition knowledge of public school educators in South Africa: A pilot study

open access: yesHealth SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2012
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has not given nutrition education the necessary emphasis that it needs, despite its importance in South African schools.
Wilna H. Oldewage-Theron   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of groundwater for riverine fish faunas in a region of shale gas development in northern Australia

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Northern Australia contains the continent’s largest number of intact river systems, but these are facing increasing pressure as the proposed development of multiple and large-scale industries, including onshore gas, mining, horticulture, and agriculture,
Jenny Davis   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unearthing Livelihoods: Sámi Trade as an Active Livelihood

open access: yes, 2022
AbstractMany Sámi have been reindeer herders for centuries and their livelihood has usually been understood (solely) in terms of reindeer herding, yet agriculture has also been a typical Sámi livelihood. This chapter investigates trade, another forgotten Sámi livelihood, as portrayed in the journals of two nineteenth-century Nordic clergymen, Jacob ...
openaire   +1 more source

Youth, AIDS and rural livelihoods in southern Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the post-print version of the final published article that is available from the link below. Copyright © 2008 The Authors.AIDS, in interaction with other factors, is impacting on the livelihood activities, opportunities and choices of young ...
Chipeta, L.   +14 more
core   +1 more source

The Role of Habitat Heterogeneity in Structuring Mangrove Bird Assemblages

open access: yesDiversity, 2015
Mangrove habitats are under severe land use pressure throughout the world and Australia is no exception. Here we describe the heterogeneity of mangrove habitat and its relationship with mangrove bird diversity.
Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collaborative Measurement of Performance of Jointly Managed Protected Areas in Northern Australia

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2013
Responsibility for the management of many protected areas in the Northern Territory, Australia, is shared between the management agency and the aboriginal owners of that land.
Natasha Stacey   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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