27 Feb Livelihoods
With a focus on livelihood diversification, community well-being, and adaptive strategies, this page focuses on means of identifying factors which contribute to the success of conservation initiatives and changing local perceptions toward environmental management policies – while supporting individuals with diverse interests and income sources.
A discussion is built through accounts from locations such as Mexico, Thailand, and Bolivia, and can be used enrich our understanding of what motivates actors within a community to engage with stewardship activities and alternative livelihood opportunities. Household resilience, food security, and environmental education programs are key topic areas which run through the resources available to the right of this page. Alternative livelihoods such as sustainable eco-tourism, as well as strategies intended to reduce / manage the impact of existing resource dependent industries (such as fisheries and agriculture) through balancing dynamic environmental, economic, and social interests are also presented here.
Key themes:
Livelihoods, Places & Spaces, Governance, Rights & Conflict
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Cooperative Organization and Responses to Environmental Change in two Communities in Tabasco, Mexico
Why not 'alternative livelihoods projects'?
A Community Case Study: Understanding the Success of a Small-Scale Fishing Cooperative
Nina Rosen (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Jazmin Nuñez Santiago (San Diego Mesa College), J. José Cota-Nieto (Centro para la Biodiversidad Marina y la Conservación), Catalina López-Sagástegui (Gulf of California Marine Program), Alfredo Girón-Nava (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Mark Jacobsen (University of California San Diego), Octavio Aburto-Oropeza (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Andrew F. Johnson (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)