Mr. Bono is the third generation of his family to draw its livelihood from sawdust.
Some people sit in heated offices and talk for years and write reports and draw their livelihood from the fact that there exist displaced persons who cannot afford to wait.
The nexus between poverty and environmental degradation needs to be further explored in its multi-faceted dimensions with relation to specific geographical and ecological areas and to the various population groups that draw their livelihood from them.
Traditionally, as much as 85 percent of the population drew its livelihood from a rural economy, mostly as farmers.
Drawing on livelihood studies in health and sociological theory of capitals, this study develops and evaluates the new concept of workhood.
The resolution also drew support from a number of civil society organizations which focus on rural issues of land, labor, livelihoods and food security.
Some 45% of the wealthiest families in Rio draw their main livelihood from retirement benefits, according to the Institute for Studies on Labour and Society, a think-tank in the city.
During the 1880s he earned a livelihood drawing illustrations of fossil bryozoans and brachiopods for state geological surveys, meanwhile building up his own impressive collection of specimens.
To sustain a livelihood, people draw on the natural assets that they have access to, notably water, combining these with their human endowments and capabilities and the financial and social capital which they can claim (Chambers and Conway 1992 ; Scoones 1998 ; Nicol 2000 ).
A diversified livelihood strategy drawing on the small island environment and its coastal and marine resources, income generating activities in a distant satellite village, and significant remittances from employment in other parts of Indonesia underpinned people's capacities to face hazards.
