professor geoffrey d. gooch, phd department of management and economics linköping university,...
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Professor Geoffrey D. Gooch, PhD
Department of Management and Economics
Linköping University, Swedenand
UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science
University of Dundee, Scotland
Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity in Developing Countries
The challenge is to improve Livelihoods for local people while at the same time
protecting Biodiversity
Biodiversi
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Livelihoo
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Biodiversi
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Livelihoo
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LiveDiverse Partners
EU LiveDiverse
South AfricaGreater Kruger Area
Costa RicaTerraba River basin
VietnamBa-Be / Na Hang Nature Conservation
IndiaWestern Ghats
Scotland
Netherlands
Sweden
Italy
http://www.livediverse.eu
Rural riparian areas
Ba Be Lake, NW Vietnam
Transport on the Ba Be Lake
Local villagers, Ba Be, NW Vietnam
The Western Ghats, India
Mangrove Delta, Terraba River, Costa Rica
The Greater Kruger Area, South Africa
Mutale River
Lake Fundudzi
Makuya Park
Overall strategy of LiveDiverse 1. The creation of a multidisciplinary
knowledge base and vulnerability mapping.
2. Construction of way/methodology to identify public perceptions, beliefs, values towards biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods.
3. Identification and mapping of the areas vulnerable– Natural science criteria.– Socio-economic, legal and
political– Cultural-spiritual point of view
4. The construction of a GIS vulnerability data base
Overall strategy of LiveDiverse
5. The identification of the biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods ‘hot-spots– a high risk (according to the
natural science criteria)– and a low capability to manage
those risks (according to the socio-economic, cultural-spiritual and political criteria).
6. The use of the knowledge gained in these processes to construct biodiversity and livelihood scenarios.
7. The formulation of policy recommendations.
WP5 Ecological
WP7Cultural Spiritual
WP6Socio-economic
WP4 Public Beliefs, Perceptions, Attitudes and Preferences
WP3
Co-operation with stakeholders, social groups, NGOs
WP9
Institutions, value-based strategies, and policy Instruments
WP8 Scenarios for Sustainable livelihood and lifestyles
WP2 Multi-disciplinary Knowledge Base and vulnerability mapping
WP1 Management, Integration and Dissemination
Constructive engagement with social groups and their representatives
Combined GIS
Mapping
Combined Scenarios
Policy recommendations and project
proposals
Water for energy
Low level of transboundary coop
High level of trans- boundary cooperation
Water for food and fish
production
Sesan River, Vietnam-Cambodia
Development of farming/fishing
in Vietnam
Joint development of HEPBusiness as usual
HEP development in Vietnam
Problems with fishing and farming
in Cambodia
Joint development of fish production
Info sharing on water release
Development of common energy grid
Improved environmental flow
Socio-economic data (36 documents):Access to piped water by municipalityAccess to telephone by municipalityAge groups by municipalityAge of head of household by municipalityArea type by municipalityCitizenship by municipalityCountry of birth by municipalityDisability by municipalityEconomic active population by municipalityEconomic sector by municipalityEmployment status Energy source for cooking by municipalityEnergy source for heating by municipalityEnergy source for lighting by municipalityGender of head of household by municipalityHighest level of education by municipalityHighest level of education grouped by municipalityHousehold income by municipalityHousehold size by municipality
What are the central issues of the Livelihoods and Biodiversity Interface
in our case areas?1. Agricultural systems and size/mix of production units
2. Competition over water (and HEP dams)
3. Size and type of rural communities
4. Alternative forms of livelihoods
5. Legal and policy systems and institutions
6. Human settlements in and around protected areas
7. Ability to interact with governance systems
8. Cultural and spiritual traditions
Interface
Stakeholders
Science
Law and Policy
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