Ecodegradation and Indigenous Livelihoods:

Indigenous livelihoods, slash-and-burn agriculture, and carbon stocks in Eastern Panama

Petra Tschakert⁎, Oliver T. Coomes, Catherine Potvin c Department of Geography/Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Development in Africa (AESEDA), Pennsylvania State University, 315 Walker Building, University Park, PA 16802-5011, USA Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Canada, QC H3A 2K6 Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. ...

The contribution of indigenous fruit trees in sustaining rural livelihoods and conservation of natural resources

The dependency of many African rural households on natural resources for sustenance is widely acknowledged. The utilization and commercialization of indigenous fruit trees (IFTs) has in the past been overlooked by extension agencies due to the misconception that they do not play a major role in contributing to the rural livelihoods. There is new and increasing emphasis on the contribution of in...

Finding Common Ground: Conservation, Development and Indigenous Livelihoods in the Huascarán Biosphere Reserve, Peru

The environment and biodiversity of the Huascarán Biosphere Reserve (HBR) are threatened according to many in the region’s conservation community. This chapter explores how social, political, and economic changes in the region have affected agropastoral land uses and indigenous institutions for managing them. Here, I examine the extent to which the region’s policies of “conservation with develo...

Governance and Sustainable Livelihoods

CITES & Livelihoods