Sustainable livelihoods

UNDP (1999) Artisanal mining for sustainable livelihoods. New York, United Nations Development Programme. 

Koziell, I. (2001). Diversity not adversity. Sustaining livelihoods with biodiversity. London International Institute for Environment and Development (TIED). 

According to the Social Summit Programme of Action, Poverty has various manifestations, including lack of income and productive resources sufficient to ensure sustainable livelihoods hunger and malnutrition ill health limited access or lack of access to education and other basic services increased morbidity and mortality from illness homelessness and inadequate housing unsafe environments and social discrimination and exclusion. It is also characterized by a lack of participation... 

Bradbear, Nicola. Beekeeping and Sustainable Livelihoods FAO Diversification Booklet No. 1. Rome, Italy Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004. This short treatise discusses apiary management as a sustainable s ricultural enterprise. Connor, Lawrence John, ed. Asian Apiculture Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Asian Honey Bees and Bee Mites. Cheshire, Conn. Wicwas Press, 1993. Overview of the impact of Asian mites such as varroa. 

Young, Tomme R. Genetically Modified Organisms and Biosafety A Background Paper for Decision-Makers and Others to Assist in Consideration of GMO Issues. Gland, Switzerland International Union for Conservation of Nature, 2004. A detailed look at biosafety and genetically modified organisms, from species conservation, to sustainable livelihoods, to sociocultural policy. 

Target 12. 30% of plant-based products derived from sources that are sustainable managed. Target 13. The decline of plant resources, and associated indigenous and local knowledge, innovations and practices that support sustainable livelihoods, local food security and health care, halted. 

Maya A. Trotz (sustainability water quahty, ecotourism and small scale mining impacts on sustainable livelihoods climate change environmental engineering education in formal and informal settings in the US and in developing countries). Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL... 

McDowell, C. (2002) Involuntary Resettlement, Impoverishment Risks and Sustainable Livelihoods. Australasian Journal... 

Thus schools have a value in the social fabric of a community, providing adult education, promoting public health, building and maintaining sustainable livelihoods, and protecting people. The monetary value of those social gains defies estimation but clearly adds value and further justifies investment in safe school construction and maintenance. 

Development Not a development issue but concerned with sustainability of farming systems A development issue and may contribute to livelihood enhancement... 

Climate change, soil degradation and an increase of health problems impede a sustainable development of livelihoods in rural areas in (sub) tropical regions all over the world. Prevalent traditional farming systems have been replaced and modified by the Green Revolution, LEISA (low external input sustainable agriculture) and agroforestry systems. 

Nevertheless, sustainable cultivation of MP may reduce wild harvesting and this may result in improving the developing countries economy, the cultural identity and livelihood security, and may gradually reduce the MP threatened species (Schippmann, 1997 Pinheiro, 1997 Mander, 1998). Among the actions to take in order to improve the sustainable agriculture of MP are ... 

Sustainable Development of Medicinal Plants and Livelihood Opportunities... 

The indigenous sustainable management practices of medicinal plants, developed by local communities, have been overlooked normally with the passage of time and changing socio-economic conditions. Realizing the importance of medicinal plants in recent years countries across the world have shown interest in the medicinal plant sector, which they wish to strengthen in order to create additional income, livelihood opportunities and employment prospects. 

Equity and ethical concerns also center on intergenerational issues. To what extent should land and water resources be exploited by the present generation of users, if its use impinges in a negative way on the ability of future generations to maintain their livelihoods To what extent does the concept of sustainable development play in the decision-making processes of current leaders in the region Aside from the human issues of equity, one can ask Who speaks on behalf of... 

Sustainable agriculture can be complementary for rural people s livelihoods. It can deliver increases in food production at relatively low cost, plus contribute to other important functions. Were these approaches to be widely adopted, they would make a significant impact on rural people s livelihoods, as well as on local and regional food security. 

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