Feedback mechanisms are important in the analysis of vulnerability and resilience of social-ecological systems, as well as in the analysis of livelihoods, but how to evaluate systems with direct feedbacks has been a great challenge. We applied fuzzy cognitive mapping, a tool that allows analysis of both direct and indirect feedbacks and can be used to explore the vulnerabilities of livelihoods ...

Drought and conflict in the Horn of Africa are causing population displacement, increasing risks of child mortality and malnutrition. Humanitarian agencies are trying to mitigate the impact, with limited resources. Data from previous years may help guide decisions. Trends in different populations affected by displacement (1997-2009) were analyzed to investigate: (1) how elevated malnutrition an...

Abstract Tropical peatlands are one of the largest carbon-storing ecosystems in world. Draining tropical peatland causes environmental damage including greenhouse gas emissions. Drained peat is highly susceptible to fires that increase carbon emissions into air. Rewetting way solve problem because, achieve a zero or negative balance, water level should be close above surface maintain saturation...

The deterioration of grassland ecology is threatening the livelihood herdsmen and increasing their rates poverty. This study aims to explore characteristics herdsmen’s impact capital environmental perception on strategy selection. Based 453 households in Province Gansu Qinghai, five types were measured under sustainable livelihoods framework. influence decisions regarding strategies was evaluat...

The plight of farmers are worsening by the impact climate change. This is evident in all agro-ecological zones Ghana. Warming and variability rainfall pattern causing floods long dry spells drought with resultant effects reduced food crop livestock production. Conservation Agricultural (CA) practices was therefore introduced to address challeges conventional tillage. CA has been identified as a...

In southern Mexico, the home garden has played a key role in livelihood security of rural families and conservation agrobiodiversity. This article examines how, as dominant trend, urbanisation reduced dependence on gardening strategy, with consequent decline Drawing upon mixed methods approach involving household surveys life stories, contributes to better understanding long-term dynamics relat...

One important debate regarding Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in developing countries concerns the manner in which its implementation might affect local and indigenous communities. New ways to implement this mechanism without harming the interests of local communities are emerging. To inform this debate, we conducted a qualitative research synthesis to iden...

“How to gauge the resilience of a household’s livelihood?” and “who is for?”; as world’s volatility increases, especially with unprecedented changes in climate, interest these questions continues rise. While many previous conventional attempts measure at household level have largely employed “objective” top-down framework relying mostly on macro observed socioeconomic dataset, this present work...

Nature-based tourism has the potential to enhance global biodiversity conservation by providing alternative livelihood strategies for local people, which may alleviate poverty in and around protected areas. Despite the popularity of the concept of nature-based tourism as an integrated conservation and development tool, empirical research on its actual socioeconomic benefits, on the distribution...