Paudel, N.S. (2011). Community-based forestry and livelihoods in the context of climate change adaptation. Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research. Retrieved from www.apn-gcr.org/resources/files/original/739eb6475f3e968e78217a6975131598.pdf Paudel, N.S. (2011) focused on “adaptability to climate change” and collection of “livelihoods” through community-based forest management. In pursuing the study, they followed the mixed method research with both primary and secondary sources of data collection. For the collection of primary data, the household questionnaire survey (quantitative), interview, observations and focus group discussions were carried out. The author conducted the research on four countries of South and South East …show more content…
In conducting research, the author used both quantitative and qualitative methods i.e. triangulation method following the principles of ‘methodological pluralism.' A structured questionnaire was used for the collection of quantitative data by selecting households using stratified random sampling. Simultaneously, the researcher heavily relied on personal observation and ethnohistorical analysis of the qualitative information. In this article, the functions, operations, and management of social forestry were evaluated by patron-client relationship according to the thinking of Scott (1972). It focuses that superordination and subordination connectivity or racial and higher socio-economic status through–patron-client relationship is such a significant playing a role in the determination of the beneficiary group of a social forestry project in the research areas. The local politics especially those are representatives of local government recruited through the affiliation of political identity, are giving political shelter for some people those are always getting priority to be involved in the decision-making steps or to be a member of a targeted group. These
In society we often don’t acknowledge that our environment is at high risk. We ignore this fact and just decide to focus on other topics such as politics, gun control, religion, etc... However, what we don’t realize is that the resources in our environment are not eternal and we are constantly losing resources due to the lack of conservation. In the past 12,000 years, 46% of all the existing trees in the world have been cut down. In 1977, Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement (“Eco activist Wangari Maathai keeps her faith in the power of grassroots”). The Green Belt Movement mainly focuses on empowerment to all gender, tree planting, and local and international advocacy for environmental protection. While we live in a society in
Everyone talks about climate change and how the Earth is slowly deteriorating, but no one seems to have specific examples. In Linnea Saukko’s “How to Poison the Earth,” she does use specific examples of what is causing climate change. She uses satire with a hint of sarcasm in her essay. She gives the reader specific examples of how to poison the Earth, but not really wanting to poison the Earth. Gretel Ehrlich writes her essay, “Chronicles of Ice,” a little differently. She uses personal experiences of visiting a glacier and the way that it is falling apart to explain climate change. She uses detailed, sensory description to explain
Beyond the implications for the climate system and the consequent environmental costs associated with such activities, anthropogenic climate change generates immense impacts on the development of human societies: livelihoods are greatly affected, food security is threatened, health and sanitation conditions decline, biodiversity and ecosystem services are lost, fresh water availability declines, agricultural activities are affected and the social wellbeing of billions of people around the world is at risk (IPCC 2014).
Indigenous Tribes and climate Change Impacts: The Environmental Impacts of climate Change and Loss of resources
As a result of such changes many of these developing countries are exposed to extreme and unpredictable natural disasters such as drought, floods and cyclones. Many of these developing countries are the poorest in the world and have had minor contributions to climate change, however these people are the most vulnerable to these effects and are not capable in making the required adaptations to the changing conditions. At a recent Caritas meeting in Fiji, Father Michael McKenzie said form Kiribati that “For us climate change is a life issue ¬¬¬¬– people are trying to cope with it day by day. For the rest of the world it is an economic
The potential harm that climate change could have in Canada is concerning because Canada has one of the most diverse landscapes which is host to a countless number of species and ecosystems that are examples of “at-risk habitats” (David Suzuki Foundation, 2017). Natural resources Canada believes that climate change will affect many of the forests in Canada in a range of complex ways. These affects include changes in plant mortality, disturbance in plant growth and distribution. These impacts are cumulative and can increase insect vulnerability or cause more wildfires. These problems can weaken the plant population and increase their chances of being disease-prone or attacked by insects. Some habitats may disappear, because of changing weather patterns. Many forestry-dependant communities and aboriginal communities will be affected and loss in their wood supply like timber would hinder their economic strength and harvesting potential (Natural resources Canada, 2017). In the Atlantic, the affects of climate change would result in an increase of weather inconsistency. The region may face more storm events, storm intensity, rising sea levels and coastal erosion. Since much of the Canadian population lives in costal regions this can have grave implications. It can affect the socio economic-well being of Atlantic communities in vital infrastructure, and industries like fishery and tourism (Climate Action Network,
Social and technological development has negatively affected the native people of the Amazon Rainforest. Challenges such as increasing population size, climate change and global warming, market integration and trade, deforestation, the price of development, and resurgent protectionists are social and ecological threats to native Amazonian life and culture. Their ability to be resilient to these changes requires cooperation, organization, adaptation, and eventually conformation.
In the Mid-20th century, the country cut down most of the indigenous trees in the country. However, on realizing the adverse effects that are caused by lack of forest
Climate change is a rising issue of importance in our day and age, and one that is threatening our global society on many levels. In the past few decades, scientists have discovered that our planet’s climate has been changing at an alarming rate. The way in which we have changed the land to
The three factors/ approaches that best explain the current patterns of forest decline and recovery are population/markets, political economy, and ethics. The population/markets approach introduces the concept of forest transition theory which talks about how the economic growth that destroys forests is also necessary for its restoration and return. The initial expansion in population and economic activity puts pressure on forest resources, resulting in rampant deforestation that clears land for agricultural use. The intensification of agriculture then allows more crops to be grown on less land, in turn freeing up unneeded land for forest recovery. From a political economy standpoint however, a decrease in forest cover is viewed as an expansion
Climate is inherently variable. Climate changes from place to place and it varies with time. The world now faces one of the complex and important issue it has ever had to deal with: climate change. Climate change today is one of the biggest concerns of human beings on the planet and the effects of climate change are undeniable and it may cause environmental, social, and economic threats to the planet. We already know and easily can highlight several signs of climate change. They are: rising global sea level, widespread melting of snow and ice, rapidly changing ocean and global temperatures, and other signs. So, what are the causes of climate change? Is it natural or do human beings cause it? Well, in both cases we would be right. The climate change can be affected by natural factors, such as solar output, volcanic eruptions, and the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Also, climate change can be affected by human activities such as, deforestation, burning fossil fuels, causing ozone hole, and building mass destructive weapons and using them on earth that causes a huge radioactivity on earth. Currently, the threat of global climate change does not threaten some nations to the extent of others. Compare the United States with the rest of African countries. We live in prosperity and in much easier time than the rest African countries. Most African countries cannot grow anything on their lands because of climate change. At the end, climate change might affect everyone on
“Our generation has inherited an incredibly beautiful world from our parents and they from their parents. It is in our hands whether our children and their children inherit the same world” (Richard Branson). This quote is a brief rewording of the issue we have today with global warming. For those who are not aware of what global warming is, it is when too much carbon dioxide is added into the atmosphere. Global warming can cause sever hurricanes, intense weather, and many other natural disasters. For example, the lack of protection to our species and natural resources has led to many conflicts around the world. The lack of conservation of natural resources and need for habitat protection has had a major impact on the environment also.
In the current management system in Nepal, community forestry (CF) is one of the effective mechanisms to reduce deforestation and increase greenery in the country, but there is uncertainty to what extent CF supports biodiversity conservation (Acharya, 2003). Community forestry has contributed to improving and diversifying livelihoods by mobilizing locally available natural forest. As per the Forest Act (1993), community forest user groups (CFUGs) retain 100% of revenues generated and 25% are used in forest development
Climate change could be described as any process that causes adjustment to climate system be it a volcanic eruption to a change in the solar activity. Today, however, the phrase is most often used as climate change caused by humans. Climate change is also used commonly with another phrase – "global warming" – reflecting scientific observations of strong warming trends over the past century or so. Indicators like rising sea levels, retreating snow cover and glaciers, longer growing seasons and shifting wildlife has alarmed scientific community unanimously agreeing that the earth has warmed in the last century. Experts however are of the opinion that climate change is a more accurate phrase than global warming as the latter is just one component affecting the larger climate systems of the earth.
In the context of climate change, bamboo plays an important role in the economy especially in South-East Asia and North East India. It is an economic resource having immense potential for improving the quality of life of rural and urban material for large industries like paper and pulp as well as for cottage and handicrafts industry communities with environment regeneration qualities like carbon sequestering. In the present study number respondents were 96 who have been selected randomly from the Hezamara block, west district of Tripura and total number of predictor variables were 19. The purposive sampling technique was followed in case of selection of district, block and village for generating relevant data. The income, productivity and livelihood generation were considered as the consequent variables for the study and nineteen different socio-personal, agro-economic and techno-managerial factor of the respondents were considered as the causal variables for the study. The data were processed into step down regression, factor analysis and canonical correlation analysis. The study reveals from the step down regression that the variables like Age(X1),Family size