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Abbott, James G., Campbell, Lisa M., Hay, Clinton J., Naesje, Tor F., and Purvis, John. 2007. Market-resource links and fish vendor livelihoods in the upper zambezi river floodplains. Human Ecology 35:559-574.

Author's Keywords: livelihoods, markets, sub-saharan africa, artisanal fisheries, floodplains

ACSC Keywords: management, conservation, africa, community, strategies, Ghana, dynamics, small-scale fisheries, diversification, Lake Chad

Beckett, Jeremy. 1996. Contested images: Perspectives on the indigenous terrain in the late 20th century. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 3.

ACSC Keywords: Mexico, livelihoods

Bird, Kate, Hulme, David, Moore, Karen, and Shepherd, Andrew. Chronic poverty and remote rural areas.

ACSC Keywords: poverty, rural, policy, conflict, livelihoods, rural poverty, rural development, Chronic poverty, remote rural area, RRA, chronically poor, spatial poverty trap, urban poverty, transient poverty, backward regions, islands of poverty, human capital, risk, failure, agro-ecology

Boedhihartono, A. K., Gunarso, Petrus, Levang, Patrice, and Sayer, Jeff. 2007. The principles of conservation and development: Do they apply in Malinau?. Ecology and Society 12:-.

Author's Keywords: indonesia, east kalimantan, forest dependent peoples, forest-based livelihoods, landscape-scale conservation, sustainable forest landscape management

ACSC Keywords: tropical forest biodiversity

Brown, David. 1998. Participatory biodiversity conservation: Rethinking the strategy in the low tourist potential areas of tropical Africa. Overseas Development Institute.

ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, policy, africa, protected areas, participation, tourism, livelihoods, tropics, preservation, alternative income

Brown, David, Cobb, Steven, and Inamdar. Amar. 1999. What's special about wildlife management in forests? Concepts and models of rights-based management, with Recent Evidence From West-Central Africa.. Overseas Development Institute.

ACSC Keywords: management, wildlife, conservation, africa, forests, protected areas, livelihoods, sustainable management, exclusion

Chambers. R., Conway and G. R. 1991. "Sustainable rural livelihoods: practical concepts for the 21st century," in IDS Discussion Paper, pp. 1-29.

ACSC Keywords: scale, sustainable, rural livelihoods, capability, equity

Charnley, S. and Poe, M. R. 2007. Community forestry in theory and practice: Where are we now?. Annual Review of Anthropology 36:301-336.

Author's Keywords: governance, sustainability, forests, community-based forest management, forest communities

ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, natural resource management, decentralization, Mexico, protected areas, tropical forests, poverty alleviation, livelihoods, United States, developing countries, conservation strategies

Dasgupta, Susmita, Deichmann, Uwe, Meisner, Craig, and Wheeler, David. 2003. The poverty/environment nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic. World Bank.

ACSC Keywords: poverty, poor, sustainability, environment, poverty alleviation, livelihoods, human, developing countries, degradation, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic

DFID. Poverty and the environment.

ACSC Keywords: development, poverty, poor, sustainability, population, livelihoods, consumption, food security, resource use, water

DFID. Biodiversity: A crucial issue to the world's poorest. DFID.

ACSC Keywords: poverty, biodiversity, poor, sustainability, sustainable development, livelihoods, Nepal, resource use, benefit sharing, free trade, Bangladesh

Dickson, Barney. 2008. CITES and the livelihoods of the poor. Fauna and Flora International, Oryx 42:548-553.

Author's Keywords: poverty, livelihoods, wildlife trade, CITES, Harpagophytum

Duraiappah, Anantha Kumar. 2004. Exploring the links: Human well-being, poverty, and ecosystem services. United Nations Environment Program; Internationanl Institute for Sustainable Development.

ACSC Keywords: poverty, ecosystems, livelihoods, UNEP

Egler, Ione. 2002. "Brazil: Selling biodiversity with local livelihoods," in Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities: Protecting beyond the Protected. Edited by O'Riordan, T. and Stoll-Kleemann, S., pp. 210-242. New York: Cambridge University Press.

ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, South America, livelihoods, Brazil, economy

Elliot, J. 2001. Wildlife and poverty study: Phase one report. LIvestock and Wildlife Advisory Group (LWAG).

ACSC Keywords: wildlife, poverty, biodiversity, poor, africa, WWF, tourism, livelihoods, donor, DFID, Department for International Development, bushmeat

Fisher, E. 2007. Occupying the margins: Labour integration and social exclusion in artisanal mining in Tanzania. Development and Change 38:735-760.

Author's Keywords: africa, livelihoods, income diversification

ACSC Keywords: africa, livelihoods, Tanzania, income diversification

Horning, N. R. 2005. The cost of ignoring rules: Forest conservation and rural livelihood outcomes in Madagascar. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 15:149-166.

Author's Keywords: Madagascar, compliance, institutional capital

ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, rural, forests, Madagascar, livelihoods, forest

King, B. H. 2007. Conservation and community in the new South Africa: A case study of the Mahushe Shongwe Game Reserve. Geoforum 38:207-219.

Author's Keywords: development, conservation, institutions, politics, livelihood, natural-resource management, Tanzania, wildlife management, South Africa, rural livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, community conservation, people, PROVINCE, mahushe shongwe game reserve, qwaqwa

Kusters, Koen, Achdiawan, Ramadhani, Belcher, Brian, and Ruiz Pérez, Manuel. 2006. Balancing development and conservation? An assessment of livelihood and environmental outcomes of nontimber forest product trade in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Ecology and Society 11.

Author's Keywords: development, conservation, livelihoods, assessment, nontimber forest products, trade, forest use, environmental outcomes, livelihood outcomes

Mascia, M. B. and Claus, C. A. 2009. A property rights approach to understanding human displacement from protected areas: the case of marine protected areas. Conservation Biology 23:16-23.

Author's Keywords: conservation, governance, community, parks, livelihoods, national parks, Philippines, fisheries, co-management, resettlement, marine reserves, reserves, fishers, social impacts, impactos sociales, medio de vida, parques nacionales, pescadores, reservas marinas, coral-reef management

Mbile, P., Vabi, M., Meboka, M., Okon, D., Arrey-Mbo, J., Nkongho, F., and Ebong, E. 2005. Linking management and livelihood in environmental conservation: Case of the Korup National Park Cameroon. Journal of Environmental Management 76:1-13.

Author's Keywords: adaptive management, livelihoods, protected area

ACSC Keywords: ecosystem management, dynamics, ecological knowledge

Moreau, Marie-Annick and Coomes, Oliver T. 2007. Aquarium fish exploitation in western Amazonia: Conservation issues in Peru. Environmental Conservation 34:12-22.

Author's Keywords: rural livelihoods, Amazon, non-timber forest products, aquatic conservation, artisanal fisheries, ornamental fish trade

ACSC Keywords: peru, trade, peasants, RAIN-FOREST USE

Pretty, Jules. 2002. "People, livelihoods and collective action in biodiversity management," in Biodiversity, sustainability and human communitites. Edited by O'Riordan, T. and Stoll-Kleemann, S., pp. 61-86. New York: Cambridge University Press.

ACSC Keywords: protected areas, North America, livelihoods, United States

Robertson, John and Lawes, Michael J. 2005. User perceptions of conservation and participatory management of Gxalingenwa forest, South Africa. Environmental Conservation 32:64-75.

Author's Keywords: community forestry, access rights, participatory forest management, subsistence livelihoods, traditional authority, Biodiversity conservation Economic aspects

ACSC Keywords: biodiversity, conservation, africa, community, forest, South Africa, perception

Sandker, Marieke, Suwarno, Aritta, and Campbell, Bruce M. 2007. Will forests remain in the face of oil palm expansion? Simulating change in Malinau, Indonesia. Ecology and Society 12:-.

Author's Keywords: decentralization, livelihoods, forest cover, district revenue, landscape dynamics, oil palm, participatory model, primary forest

ACSC Keywords: conservation

Sultana, Parvin and Thompson, Paul M. 2007. Community based fisheries management and fisher livelihoods: Bangladesh case studies. Human Ecology 35:527-546.

Author's Keywords: community-based management, livelihoods, fisheries, food security, Bangladesh

ACSC Keywords: governance, commons

Sunderlin, William, Angelsen, Arild, Belcher, Brian, Burgers, Paul, Nasi, Robert, Santoso, Levania, and Wunder, Sven. 2005. Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: An overview. World Development 33:1383-1402.

Author's Keywords: poverty, conservation, deforestation, environment, livelihoods, forest

ACSC Keywords: forests, poverty alleviation, develop

Tacconi, Luca. 2007. Decentralization, forests and livelihoods: Theory and narrative. Global Environmental Change 17:338-348.

Author's Keywords: poverty, tropical forests, livelihoods, democratic decentralization, forest policy

Thornton, Philip K., Boone, Randall B., Galvin, Kathleen A., BurnSilver, Shauna B., Waithaka, Michael M., Kuyiah, Joan, Karanja, Stanley, González-Estrada, Ernesto, and Herrero, Mario. 2007. Coping strategies in livestock-dependent households in east and southern Africa: A synthesis of four case studies. Human Ecology 35:461-476.

Author's Keywords: africa, livelihoods, pastoralism, mixed systems, integrated assessment

ACSC Keywords: conservation, Kenya, systems, impact, rangelands, climate-change, subdivision

Tucker, Bram. 2007. Applying Behavioral Ecology and Bahavioral Economics to Conservation and Development Planning: An Example from the Mikea Forest, Madagascar. Springer Science + Business Media 18:190-208.

Author's Keywords: deforestation, Madagascar, livelihoods, conservation and development, Behavioral Economics, Human behavioral ecology, Hunting and Gathering, Slash-and-Burn Agriculture

Vedeld, Paul, Angelsen, Arild, Sjaastad, Espen, and Berg, Gertrude Kobugabe. 2004. Counting on the environment: Forest incomes and the rural poor. The World Bank Environment Department.

ACSC Keywords: forests, poverty alleviation, environmental, economic, research, rural livelihoods

Wadly, Reed and Pierce Colfer, Carol J. 2004. Sacred forest, hunting, and conservation in West Kalimantan Indonesia. Human Ecology 32:313-338.

Author's Keywords: hunting, conservation, agroforestry, sacred forest

ACSC Keywords: poor, rural, forests, local, forestry, livelihoods

Walpole, Matt and Wilder, Lizzie. 2008. Disentangling the links between conservation and poverty reduction in practice. Fauna and Flora International, Oryx 42:539-547.

Author's Keywords: poverty, communities, livelihoods, trade-offs, conservation strategies, social impacts

Wiber, Melanie, Berkes, Fikret, Charles, Anthony, and Kearney, John. 2004. Participatory research supporting community-based fishery management. Marine Policy 28:459-468.

Author's Keywords: community-based management, participatory research

ACSC Keywords: CBC, Community-based Conservation, livelihoods, fisheries

Wunder, Sven. 2005. Payments for environmental services: Some nuts and bolts. Center for International Forestry Research.

Author's Keywords: ICDPs, conservation, Bolivia, indonesia, Brazil, rural livelihoods, stewardship, economic incentives, environmental services

Zeller, M., Lapenu, C., Minten, B., Ralison, E., Randrianaivo, D., and Randrianarisoa, C. 2000. Pathways of rural development in Madagascar: An empirical investigation of the critical triangle of environmental sustainability, economic growth, and poverty alleviation. International Food Policy Research Insititute: Food Consumption and Nutrition Division.

ACSC Keywords: poverty, rural, africa, sustainable development, Madagascar, poverty alleviation, livelihoods, degradation, natural resources

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