natural resources
Conservation Agriculture (CA) in simple and practical terms implies conservation (including protection and upgrading) of natural resources base that sustains the diversified and inter-linked activities comprising agriculture. Conservation of the natural resources base (and therefore agriculture) is determined by pattern and processes of resource use (e.g. land use) under comprehensive or broad...
The area known as the Cerrado makes up nearly 25% of land in Brazil, and is characterised by its very high biodiversity. It is home to an invaluable cultural heritage of traditional knowledge and practices related to the use of its natural resources. The medicinal plants of the Cerrado have always been used for treating family health by individuals, and community groups. Different community...
The living of man in all societies is largely guided by the availability or otherwise of natural bio– resources. However, the tribal people who are regarded as in the primitive stage and experiencing slow pace of development have a high degree of dependence on the natural resources for their livelihood. Bio – resources consist of all biotic components of environment, which have...
This publication provides the proceedings of the Second CoDoCA Conference held in Urumqi, China September 1998. Over 150 professionals came together from 25 countries to discuss the problems faced by the Central Asian countries in sustainable development.
Forest enterprise in China has been dominated over the recent past by the State. But the 1990s movement towards a market-based economy saw a rapid growth in non-state enterprise. Small and Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs) have an important role to play in support of rural livelihoods. They have proved adept at absorbing labour within the mountainous ‘poverty’ countries in China...
Participatory conservation efforts are now common throughout regions of high biodiversity in the developing world. Standard approaches to participatory conservation begin with need-based assessments that identify human induced ecological threats and livelihood deficiencies, but this focus on “threats” and “needs” tends to reinforce perceptions of rural people as...
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