Tropical forests exert a more profound influence on weather patterns, freshwater, natural
disasters, biodiversity, food, and human health–both in the countries where forests are found …

The role that women play in fisheries around the world is receiving increasing international
attention yet the contributions by women to fisheries catches continues to be overlooked by …

Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples
around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing …

This paper identifies and analyses climate change impacts, their cascading consequences
and the livelihood implications of these impacts on smallholder agricultural communities of …

The importance of small-scale fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean has been widely
recognized in terms of income, livelihoods, and food security for more than two million …

Issues of sustainability and increased competition over coastal resources are changing
practices of resource management. Societal concerns about environmental degradation and …

In this study we examine poverty in local fisheries using a social-ecological resilience lens.
In assessing why “fishery may rhyme with poverty”, Christophe Béné suggests a typology of …

In the face of serious disruptions to local livelihoods and asset bases by extreme climatic
events, it is paramount to reconstruct but also to transform and diversify livelihoods …

Abstract" Coastal grab" refers to the contested appropriation of coastal (shore and inshore)
space and resources by outside interests. This paper explores the phenomenon of coastal …

Diversification of household livelihood activities has become an important pillar of rural
development strategies for improving living standards and household well-being (HWB). Yet …