sustainable development
This paper was produced for the Sixth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe” held in Belgrade in 2007. It intends to draw the attention of governments to the problems encountered at local level and to the mechanisms which exist to resolve these problems. It is based on experience gained with local partnerships in the Alps and the mountains of Central Asia, and highlights local...
Dominated by a utilitarian sense of life and the imminence of structural events, we refuse to stop to think about the spiritual dimension of human existence, we ourselves block our cognitive and affective capabilities to understand those integral perceptions of life and the world, that assembly of meanings by which human collectivities give form to their daily social and material existence. To...
Efforts have been initiated to strengthen rural women of Garhwal by providing training and awareness programmes for income generation activities using natural resource management viz. medicinal plants cultivation, organic farming and alternative high value cash crops. Women of this region are aware about biological diversity and rich in indigenous knowledge of natural resources and their...
Mountain Areas: So critical, so sensitive, so underestimated Mountain areas represent an enormous benefit to society. Today, in our modern society, many people look for mountains as sports, leisure or tourism areas, as more or less remote spaces one can visit to relax and gain energies for a busy and stressful life in the urban environment. But how many really know and understand the...
In Portugal, the mountain areas have an important expression, occupying about 30% of the continental part of the territory. These areas, due to their physical characteristics and ways of life, mostly relying on agriculture, animal production and forestry, were marginalised, have been repelling population, and tend to be vulnerable, in economic, social, cultural, environmental and political terms...
Mountain areas represent an enormous benefit to society. Today, in our modern society, many people look for mountains as sports, leisure or tourism areas, as more or less remote spaces one can visit to relax and gain energies for a busy and stressful life in the urban environment. But how many really know and understand the importance of mountains? How many recognize mountains as an essential...
What are the rights roots of poverty? How can rights help to secure livelihoods? The starting premise underpinning the four South Asian studies presented here is that livelihood security is an essential component of human security, and that security of rights to natural resources is fundamental to livelihood security for rural people who depend on those resources. Livelihood security is one of...
This article examines the perception of the Bhotiya tribal community on the use and conservation of natural resources in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR), north-western Himalaya in India with an objective of identifying the bottlenecks in the sustainable management of forest resources of NDBR through people’s participation. Despite, 85% of the respondents supporting the concept of conservation...
Conditions for successful local collective action in forestry: Some evidence from the hills of Nepal
In the context of an ongoing debate on the type of institutions or tenurial arrangements that are appropriate for the sustainable management of common pool resources (CPRs), this article examines the role played by local institutions in determining the conditions of two forests located in the Middle Hills of Nepal. The institutional robustness of the forests’ governance systems is evaluated using...
This paper provides an overview of mountain environmental problems and the role of women in conserving the mountain resource base. There is a remarkable convergence of policy objectives between the themes of sustainable development, environmental conservation, and the advancement of women. These issues are discussed and constraints and opportunities are enumerated. While both mountains and women...
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