Fisheries support livelihood of over half a billion of people globally. Many of these people live in coastal regions of developing countries; and have limited capacity to adapt and build resilience in the face of climate change.  This research assesses the biophysical and socioeconomic characteristics of fishers in four coastal communities, Komenda, Elmina, Cape coast and Morree, in Ghana. Stru...

The recent dramatic growth in self-employment among Mexican immigrants the United States past two decades is a puzzling trend, stark contrast to stagnant or even decline other demographic groups. authors propose that expansion of interior immigration enforcement, characteristic US policy during time span, contributed this unique trend by pushing into as an alternative livelihood. Exploiting tem...

Understanding the perceptions of local communities towards participatory forest management (PFM) is essential for successful improvements PFM regarding conservation and livelihood improvement. However, there a lack research evidence on perception intervention. To better understand communities’ PFM, 131 households were surveyed. Data collected through household survey; key informant interviews (...

Rapid urbanization and the gradual disappearance of urban rural barriers have accelerated surplus labor migration. This study focused on household’s livelihood from perspective farmland lease-out. Using 382 households’ data in Jiangxi Province, we used seemingly unrelated regression binary logistic models to analyze impact lease-out capital strategy. The results indicated that did not affect hu...

The deepest problems we have to understand and resolve are in these relations of nature and livelihood.... [T]he central change we have to make is in the received and dominant concept of the earth and its life forms as raw materials for generalized production.... But in the equally necessary perspective of ... an apparently unmediated nature—the living world of rivers and mountains, of trees an...