It looks at the ability of conservancies to serve as an alternative livelihood opportunity for pastoralists that mitigates risk and maintains resilience in a changing climate.
Not only is food's essential job to nourish our bodies, but it can also serve as a creator of quality livelihoods, a locus of community engagement and cohesion, and an engine of citizen empowerment and education.
Think of the disastrous economic impact this would have on the livelihood of individuals who serve as guides, maintain campsites or operate hotels and restaurants in the three states covered by Yellowstone Park - Idaho, Montana and Wyoming--let alone the ecosystem itself.
Generally, wells along faults sustain important livelihood systems locally where they often serve as the only source of water in many areas (Fig. 1).
With the sound of the ocean beyond and the pulse of the aquifer below, this cavern seems hewn out to serve as a powerful reminder that, like our bodies, our livelihoods are premised upon water.
Assessing and addressing the risk factors common to food insecurity and conflict, as well as the livelihood dynamics in conflict-prone areas, can serve as a mechanism both for pre venting conflict and reducing hunger.
If OMS culture leads to diversification of livelihoods in the Coral Triangle, it could also serve as one element in Integrated Coastal Management strategies for net gains in conservation and human welfare (Clifton 2003, 2009; Webb et al. 2004; Pomeroy et al. 2005; Sievanen et al. 2005; White et al. 2005; Hill et al. 2012; Salafsky et al. 2011; Rhyne et al. 2014).
"They serve as interpreters only because they have no other means of making a livelihood," the reformist scholar Feng Guai-fen wrote.
Stakeholders in the mahseer recreational fishery may serve as an ally for this group of iconic fishes, fostering aquatic stewardship and providing livelihood alternatives for poachers.
Livelihoods and cultures based on small-scale fishing, boats which serve as local transportation, (the ribeirinhos) floodplain agriculture and forest management are disappearing.
It will serve as leverage.
