Sökning: "alternative livelihoods"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden alternative livelihoods.
1. Managing Mangrove Ecosystem Services for Local Livelihoods and Adaptations in Tanzania
Sammanfattning : Recognizing the importance of ecosystem services (ES) for peoples' livelihoods and well-being is important for decision-making processes on conservation. Mangrove ecosystems in Tanzania are protected by law, but they continue to be exposed to degradation and loss, and there is still limited information about the awareness, preferences, status and trends of the ES they provide. LÄS MER
2. Income diversification as a response to social-ecological traps : A case study of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture in the Tam Giang lagoon, Central Viet Nam
Sammanfattning : Many small-scale fishing and aquaculture households in the global South struggle with reinforcing feedbacks between resource degradation and livelihood impoverishment – a situation that is often resembled to a social-ecological trap. Studies suggest that facilitation of income diversification contributes to mitigation and even prevention of trap situations as it reduces exploitation pressure while at the same time makes the households’ livelihood more resilient. LÄS MER
3. Ecological embedding : stories of back-to-the-land ecopreneurs and energy descent
Sammanfattning : This thesis starts with the premise that to address ecological and climate crises, we need to understand their psychological and cultural roots found in the separation of modern societies from the natural world. This separation permeates mainstream approaches to sustainability that either sustain business-as-usual of the unbridled economic growth, or reform it with greener markets and technologies. LÄS MER
4. Rangeland and livestock management practices for improved herder livelihoods in miombo woodland
Sammanfattning : Rangelands are valuable resources for livestock production and contribute positively to herders livelihoods. The shrinking of open rangelands used for grazing has led to utilization of miombo woodlands as alternative grazing resource. Miombo woodlands are biomes with both understory herbaceous species and relatively dense tree cover. LÄS MER
5. Land acquisition for urban expansion : process and impacts on livelihoods of peri urbanhouseholds, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sammanfattning : Cities are growing in terms of economic activities, space and population thus over spilling in peri urban areas. Low population densities and land values have made the peri urban areas the target for land acquisition to accommodate planned expansion processes. LÄS MER
