Iran's largest lake turning to salt
OROUMIEH LAKE, Iran – From a hillside, Kamal Saadat looked forlornly at hundreds of potential customers, knowing he could not take them for trips in his boat to enjoy a spring weekend on picturesque...
View ArticleNatural Resource Tenure – a crucial aspect of poverty reduction and human rights
Sustainable poverty reduction requires access to natural resources. While natural resource tenure includes rights over land, it encompasses other natural resources as well. The property may be farm...
View ArticleBrazil grants building license for Amazon dam
SAO PAULO – The massive Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rain forest won approval from Brazil's environmental protection agency on Wednesday, clearing the way for construction...
View ArticleIntroducing a Micro-Flood Insurance Market in Bangladesh: Institutional...
The main objectives of this paper are to design and test the commercial viability of the introduction of different flood insurance schemes in Bangladesh, one of the poorest and most flood struck...
View ArticleThe Last Stand of the Gorilla - Environmental Crime and Confict in the Congo...
Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion,...
View ArticleGreen Jobs? New program to compensate poor for environmental protection
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has introduced a new program, Bolsa Verde (Green Allowance), to compensate the poor for environmental protection, reports Globo News. Eighteen thousand families...
View ArticleLow-cost solutions to boost soil fertility
For Mahadevappa and Gauramma, life was a struggle farming their two-hectare plot in Karnataka state, India. Here, in the country’s second biggest dryland area, soil is poor and droughts frequent,...
View ArticleEnvironmental Protection Initiative Boosts Income of Rural Families in Viet Nam
Villagers in Viet Nam's Lam Dong Province are seeing their incomes rise under a new initiative that enhances families' livelihoods while protecting the surrounding forests. The project is part of ADB's...
View ArticleCommunity Agriculture Development Project
Wildlife Alliance works directly with communities to create sustainable, alternative sources of income. Our community-based agriculture program helps communities develop businesses through land...
View ArticleForest use and agriculture in Ucayali, Peru: Livelihood strategies, poverty...
The relevance of forests to rural well-being and poverty reduction remains a controversial issue. This paper examines patterns of association between household wealth, poverty, and livelihood...
View ArticlePEI Rwanda supports mining, agriculture and livestock business to become more...
Rwanda’s Vision 2020 recognizes the private sector as one of the six main pillars for driving social and economic development. The private sector can play an important role in securing livelihoods,...
View ArticleClimate Change, Food Security, and Socioeconomic Livelihood in Pacific Islands
The results of the study indicate that climate change will likely have significant negative impacts on agricultural output in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Even relatively positive...
View ArticleTanzanian Fishing Villages Turn to Seaweed to Grow Incomes
Affected by illegal fishing and climate change, small-scale fishermen in Zanzibar are embracing ecotourism and seaweed farming to conserve coastal ecosystems and grow the local economy.
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