Assessing Opportunities for Livelihood Enhancement and Diversification in Coastal Fishing Communities of Southern India [PDF]
, 2008 "The United Nations Team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS) based in Chennai,India, is facilitating the process of tsunami recovery in the region through specific interventions in strategic areas. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations
Thaddeus Koriya, Venkatesh Salagrama
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Livelihoods as relational im/mobilities:exploring the everyday practices of young female sex workers in Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2016 Age is now considered alongside other differentiating categories for exploring mobility experiences, yet little work has emerged conceptualising the im/mobilites of marginalized young people living in particularly difficult circumstances.
van Blerk, Lorraine
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To protect or forget? Comparing species at risk legislation across Canada’s common-law provinces
FACETSSpecies across the globe are at risk of disappearing due to a human-driven extinction crisis. One of the most important tools for combating biodiversity loss is species at risk legislation.
Jordyn M. Bogetti, Courtney W. Mason
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Remote Sensing, 2019 African para grass (Urochloa mutica) is an invasive weed that has become prevalent across many important freshwater wetlands of the world. In northern Australia, including the World Heritage landscape of Kakadu National Park (KNP), its dense cover can ...
James Boyden +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Northern Australia's savannas are among the most fire‐prone biomes on Earth and are dominated by eucalypts (Eucalyptus and Corymbia spp.). It is not clear what processes allow this group to dominate under such extreme fire frequencies and whether a ...
Harinandanan Paramjyothi +4 more
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Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2019 This study aims to assess changes in a regional fire regime and commensurate environmental benefits associated with over a decade of active fire management.
Jay David Evans, Jeremy Russell-Smith
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Migration, Risk and Livelihoods: A Chinese Case [PDF]
, 2010 China has turned from a ‘low risk’ to a ‘high risk’ society since the start of the market reforms in the late 1970s. Market, while bringing diverse livelihood opportunities to rural people, has simultaneously distributed risks, and the exposure and ...
Zhang, H.X.
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Livelihood gains and ecological costs of NTFP dependence: assessing the roles of dependence, ecological knowledge and market structure in three contrasting human and ecological settings in south India [PDF]
, 2004 Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) constitute the single largest determinant of livelihoods for scores of forest fringe communities and poor people in the tropics. In India over 50 million people are believed to be directly dependent upon NTFPs for their
Aravind, N.A. +13 more
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Goodbye to projects? The institutional impact of sustainable livelihoods approaches on development interventions [PDF]
The research goodbye to projects grew out of the increasing interest in sustainable livelihoods approaches (SLA) and growing disillusion with projects as mechanisms for addressing the development needs of the poor.
Franks, Tom +6 more
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Native Artists: Livelihoods, Resources, Space, Gifts [PDF]
, 2009 Examines the experiences of Ojibwe artists in Minnesota, including access to training, funding, space, paying markets, and institutional support; discrimination and isolation; and relationships with communities.
Ann Markusen, Marcie Rendon
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