Rural–urban migration can have both positive and negative environmental consequences for tropical forests. Rural residents exert pressure on the environment through farming, fishing, and forest extraction, yet conversely, protecting rural livelihoods is often the motivation for conserving large a...
Parry, L.
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Day, B.
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Amaral, S.
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Peres, C.A.
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[Drivers of rural exodus from Amazonian headwaters]
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Drivers of rural exodus from Amazonian headwaters
Environmental sustainability and poverty are some of the most important targets in the United Nations Millenium Development Goals. However, the relationship between employment and forestry development is unclear, especially when it comes to illegal logging. This study aims to generate projections...
Purnomo, H.
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[Trends and future scenarios of forestry and other land uses employment in Indonesia: a modeling approach]
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Trends and future scenarios of forestry and other land uses employment in Indonesia: a modeling approach
Reduced river runoff and expected upstream infrastructural developments are both potential threats to irrigation water availability for the downstream countries in Central Asia. Although it has been recurrently mentioned that a reduction in water supply will hamper irrigation in the downstream co...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Lamers, J.P.A.
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[Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)]
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Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)
The paper investigates the current practices of the green economy, and challenges and opportunities in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The paper is based on a baseline study designed to gather data from key informants in Limpopo provincial, district and local municipalities. Twenty-three ke...
Nhemachena, Charles
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Jonas, S.
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Karuaihe, S.
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[Understanding of the current practices, challenges and opportunities of the green economy in Limpopo Province [South Africa]]
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Understanding of the current practices, challenges and opportunities of the green economy in Limpopo Province [South Africa]
This article explores empirical evidence on the relationship between agricultural transformation, ownership structure of agribusinesses, and employment creation in Ethiopia. It draws on secondary data to present evidence of Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation, employment trends, and the agribu...