… Cotton production in Zambia and Zimbabwe plays a key role in the countries’ agricultural sector and in the lives of millions of farmers who depend on it as a cash crop. Yet, in … of side-trading, including the short term positive impacts on livelihoods and longer term negative impacts of declining crop quality, …

… shad (Tenualosa ilisha) is one of the most important fish in coastal and inland regions of Myanmar and Bangladesh. More than 75% of global hilsa fish production comes from … overfishing and habitat degradation, however, threatening millions of livelihoods, exacerbating poverty and limiting access to the food that …

… aims to support Uganda’s leading work on Integrated Conservation and Development (ICD) by turning research findings from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park into practical advice. It illustrates …

… As a large proportion of the rural private sector, forest and farm producers are the primary actors in rural transformation and … are involved in national decision-making processes that impact their livelihoods and the sustainable management of forests, in turn helping … Guatemala and the Gambia that will have a significant impact on the lives of many. … G04033 … G04033 … Jeffrey Y Campbell … Forests … Forest …

… that outlines the strong need for gathering reliable data on the livelihoods impacts of protected areas, and illustrates some of the approaches being taken. These are many and …

… Marine biodiversity and ecosystems provide important benefits to human societies through … fisheries. But the benefits are not shared equally among countries – and climate change will only exacerbate inequalities. Improving high … many people depend on fish for their food and nutrition security, livelihoods and well-being. Developing countries are also among the most …

… This issue of Environment and Urbanization is on the full spectrum of risk in urban areas of the … pose greater risks, especially among low-income groups and those living in informal settlements. City-specific studies in this issue … is on a janitorial job programme in Cape Town that sought to combine livelihoods with toilet maintenance. Other papers propose frameworks for …

… … 14625FIIED … 14625IIED … African Leadership Group on Biodiversity and Development Mainstreaming … Abisha Mapendembe … Dilys Roe … Steve …

… radar. These guidelines aim to assist national statistics officers and others improve the way they account for small-scale fisheries (SSF). … steps: 1) summarising current efforts to collect statistics for SSF and 2) presenting how this data can feed into national accounts using … robust, policymakers can design policies that will both improve the lives of people who depend on SSF, and secure investments to promote the …

… — the variety of life on Earth — is being lost at increasing and alarming rates. To date, this has been treated as an environmental … development gains, including in health, resilience, food security and GDP earnings. Poor people are particularly dependent on biodiversity — both to meet day-to-day livelihood needs and to enhance resilience to climate change and other …