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Poverty and Conservation
Landscapes, People and Power
R.J.Fisher et al.
High levels of rural poverty in many of the world's most biodiverse regions makes it an ethical and practical imperative to find more equitable and realistic ways of achieving conservation. Livelihoods of the rural poor and options for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity are so intimately entwined that they are better addressed through an integrated approach irresprective if the primary motivation is one of development or one of conservation.
Livelihoods and Landscapes Series No. 2
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Carbon, Forests and
People
Towards the integrated management of
carbon sequestration, the environment and sustainable livelihoods
Brett Orlando et al.
Mitigating the impact of climate change presents governments
and communities throughout the world with one of the main
environmental challenges of our times. This publication provides
an overview of the opportunities and challenges for carbon
sequestration activities in the forestry and agricultural
sectors of both industrialized and developing countries. It
outlines a set of strategies and approaches seeking to ensure
that forest and other land-use climate change mitigation measures
deliver sustainable development benefits in an equitable and
cost-effective manner.
Livelihoods and Landscapes Series No. 1
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Livelihoods and Climate Change
Combining disaster risk reduction, natural resource management and climate change adaptation in a new approach to the reduction of vulnerability and poverty
Task Force on Climate Change, Vulnerable Communities and Adaptation.
The evidence shows that climate change is occurring and we cannot wait any longer to take action, declared UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2001. This report will help natural resource managers to identify environmental management actions, such as wetland restoration and improved water resource management, that can be taken to reduce the vulnerability of communities to climate-related disasters and climate change. Produced by a Task Force on Climate Change, Vulnerable Communities and Adaptation, the report draws upon expertise from the fields of climate change, disaster management, conservation and social policy.
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