This paper studies the pressure experienced by livestock systems in a mountain municipality south-east Albania accessing pasture, due to recent process of State decentralization and municipal pasture management. Pastures are major resource for development farming activities this area. The main hypothesis discussed article is that lack transitional institutions capable properly applying new gove...

The formalization of rural people’s rights to agricultural and forest land is a key policy focus for many developing countries (Larson et al. 2010; Deininger and Hilhorst 2013). These reforms can improve marginalized people’s wellbeing by securing their hold on durable income-yielding assets, especially where land ownership is culturally prized (Holden et al. 2013; Lawry et al. 2014). However, ...

Conservation easements (CEs) were introduced in the Chinese context to resolve conflict between rural land use and area-based conservation measures. As are usually set on private lands, little is known about their adaptation collective tenure. We a social-psychological aspect sustainable livelihoods (SL) for an integrated decision-making mechanism assess residents’ motivations granting CEs. sur...

Jola women farmers in the Casamance region of southern Senegal use their "traditional" knowledge and farming skills to shift crop repertoires and techniques so as to embark on market-gardening, thus innovating in response to new needs and perceived opportunities. The argument is relevant to present-day concerns about regional food systems and the role of women in securing an income and providin...

Risk is an inherent factor in the traveler's choice of destination. Tourism destinations differ in many aspects including their location, economic condition, cultural and political status and crime. Given such differences, the analysis of destination risk and its dimensions is of substantial interest. The current study explores the risk factors perceived about Iran as a tourism destination usin...

within the framework of the international human rights law, the right to work is the fundamental right of everyone to have permanent access to work, able to meet his/her welfare requirements. rural communities are entitled to this right akin to urban communities. as a matter of fact, not enough attention has been paid to the members of rural communities’ right to work. the supply of transgenic ...