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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Oyerinde, Olubukola Victoria |
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Conference:
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Governing Shared Resources: Connecting Local Experience to Global Challenges, the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons |
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Location:
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Cheltenham, England |
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Conf. Date:
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July 14-18, 2008 |
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Date:
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2008 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/326
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Sector:
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Social Organization
Forestry |
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Region:
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Africa |
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Subject(s):
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poverty
livelihoods
women
forest management
IASC
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Abstract:
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"There is a new and increasing emphasis on poverty alleviation and livelihoods improvement in forestry, representing both a challenge and an opportunity. In Nigeria, it is widely recognised that substantial opportunities exist to enhance livelihoods of marginalised forest dependant communities, through the utilisation of forest resources. This paper briefly reviews the evolution of the livelihoods issue, analyzes the concept of poverty alleviation and discusses means by which forest resources contribute to livelihoods improvement. It focuses on the contributions of forest products to poverty alleviation in a Nigerian rainforest ecosystem. It acknowledges that for poverty reduction to be effective, the many varied and important roles of women, including their contribution to household income generation through the use and management of natural resources, need to be recognised. United Nations estimates indicate that up to 70 % of the worlds poor are female, and women in developing countries constitute the majority of the labour force, playing a key role in managing common property resources and helping to protect the environment. This paper shares some of the benefits derived by the rural women from the forest resouces and challenges facing them in utilizing these resources."
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