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Towards Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mountain Regions

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Penilaian

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Sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems are far-reaching and burning issues in the wake of high growth of population, low production and per ha yield of crops and depletion of biodiversity resources. Mountainous regions of the world are facing the menace of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. Further, tremendous growth in population and slow pace of development have together forced most of the population to live below poverty line. Traditionally depending upon cultivating subsistence crops for food requirement, the people living in mountainous region are unable to produce sufficient food grains to run their livelihood smoothly. The Himalayas is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots and has an abundance of natural resources: land, water and forest – life sustaining factors. The geo-environmental conditions – climate and landscape further enhance the possibility of sustainable livelihoods through eco-tourism, harnessing water resources and utilizing forests and their products sustainably. Diversifying agricultural practices through cultivating cash and cereal crops and enhancing livelihood options through extensive use of timber and non-timber based forestry products can help to eradicate poverty and provide food security. This book consists of an introduction and nine chapters, covering geo-environmental setting, socio-economy and population profile, sustainable livelihoods: diversification and enhancement, livelihood analysis, development of tourism and hydroelectricity, case studies, mountain ecosystems, sustainable mountain development and also presents a conclusion.

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Inventory Code	Barcode	Call Number	Location	Status
1408010081	EB0000095	577 SAT c	Central Library	Available

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Call Number

577 SAT c

Publisher

Switzerland : Springer Cham., 2014

Collation

xvi, 205 hlm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-319-03533-8

Classification

577

Content Type

Text

Media Type

computer

Carrier Type

online resource

Edition

1

Subject(s)

mata pencaharian
Ekosistem

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