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Managing Forests, Sustaining Lives, Improving Livelihoods Of Indigenous Peoples And Ethnic Groups In The Mekong Region, Asia
Abstract:
It is estimated that there are 350-400 million indigenous people living in 70 countries of the world. Two thirds of these people live in Asia and about 50 per cent of them live below the poverty line. Despite the lack of monetary income, indigenous peoples have subsisted on the resources found in their traditional territories. They have acquired intricate knowledge of their lands, territories and resources, and they have developed advanced skills and diversified strategies for survival even under very harsh conditions. Such knowledge and skills – for example, in conservation and management of natural resources – acquired through generations of experience, could offer appropriate solutions to some of the crucial challenges of the present time, including climate change and food security.
Publisher: IFAD Type / Script:
Publication  in  English
Keywords:
 LAND TENURE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, ETHNIC GROUPS, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD SECURITY, POVERTY MITIGATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST MANAGEMENT, LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY, SHIFTING CULTIVATION, BAMBOO HANDICRAFT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, GENDER EQUALITY, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, TRADITIONAL LIVELIHOODS, EDUCATION, HEALTH
Thematic Group:
IFAD , (2013)
Thesaurus:
08.03.01 - Special Groups
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