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

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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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