Sentence examples for indigenous livelihoods from inspiring English sources

To date the sustainability of indigenous livelihoods has been analyzed by modeling either hunting or forest clearing.

Despite talks about protecting indigenous land rights, influential policies for nature conservation and climate change threaten indigenous livelihoods and endanger the global efforts to promote environmental stewardship.

In the vast majority of cases studied to date, rapid changes in indigenous resource management institutions and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) have been reported with profound implications for indigenous livelihoods, biodiversity, and system resilience worldwide.

The arrival of introduced plant and animal species and new technologies to the region (see White 1980) also significantly influenced indigenous livelihoods.

The precise mix of different subsistence activities in indigenous livelihoods varies according to cultural preferences and local ecological conditions.

There are also allegations of worker abuse on plantations, and the destruction of indigenous peoples' livelihoods.

Permafrost is an integral part of the environmental conditions that frame indigenous peoples' livelihoods in many parts of the circumpolar region.

The greatest attention, however, is on the controversial hydropower plant that was pushed through by President Rousseff despite years of protests by environmentalists and human rights campaigners who say the dam on the Xingu river would destroy indigenous peoples' livelihoods and harm one of the world's most biodiverse regions.

"Himalayan glacier melt will most definitely affect local and indigenous peoples and livelihoods.

Livelihoods of indigenous peoples of the Arctic have been altered by climate change, and there is emerging evidence of climate change impacts on livelihoods of indigenous peoples in other regions.

Second, that the deforestation destroys the livelihoods of indigenous communities.