Sentences with phrase «improving rural livelihoods»

[1] The land sector produces about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and has the potential to significantly contribute to reducing emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting countries» ability to adapt to a changing climate.

The land sector is responsible for about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and changes to land - use practices have the potential to significantly contribute to reducing emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting countries» ability to adapt to a changing climate.

This document presents the BioCarbon Fund (BioCF), a public - private initiative, housed within the World Bank's Carbon Finance Unit, mobilizing resources for pioneering projects that sequester or conserve carbon in forest and agro-ecosystems, mitigating climate change and improving rural livelihoods.

The document also states that climate - smart land use can contribute to improving rural livelihoods and strengthening the resilience of rural communities, while safeguarding the rights of indigenous peoples.

The collective expertise of the organizations involved, along with the Honduran government's commitment to improving rural livelihoods, bode well for the success of this vital work.»

The Root Capital impact framework for how the activities of Root Capital's clients can improve rural livelihoods.

In a speech titled «Bridging Science and Society,» AAAS President Peter Agre naturally discussed examples such as how scientists assist in diplomacy with hostile nations, and how medicine improves rural livelihoods.

Biodiesel can not compete with current petroleum prices, which are relatively low, so jatropha would be better suited for local projects that improve rural livelihoods and basic energy services.

The eighth largest economy in Latin America, Ecuador seeks to augment its work on reducing deforestation to cut GHG emissions and fight climate change, as well as to improve rural livelihoods and protect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

Not exact matches

Several of our members are collaborating on ISEAL's Demonstrating and Improving Poverty Impacts project, which aims to improve understanding of how their programmes contribute to sustainable rural livelihoods and pro-poor development.

Our mission to stop deforestation, improve livelihoods, and protect biodiversity has led us to engage rural communities, governments, and businesses in our work to defend critically important, vulnerable landscapes.

The overall goal is to improve income and livelihoods of rural communities in East Africa through the development of market - oriented organic production.

Both FAO and IRRI are actively promoting more sustainable rice practices throughout the value chain - production, marketing and consumption - to optimize its nutritional properties and as a means of improving livelihoods and tackling poverty, particularly in rural areas.

It is running from November 2010 to December 2013 and aims at improving income and livelihoods of rural communities in East Africa, through facilitation of trade in organic products by means of a regional standard, development of the conformity assessment system, promotion of a regional mark and raising consumer awareness.

It was implemented during 2010 - 2013 and aimed at improving income and livelihoods of rural communities in East Africa, through facilitation of trade in organic products by means of a regional standard, development of the conformity assessment system, promotion of a regional mark and raising consumer awareness.

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Elizabeth Ofosu - Agyare said domestic tourism will improve local communities and improve livelihood especially in the rural areas and therefore called on all to support the Explore Ghana initiative.

What is more worrying is that government is engaging in this environmentally unfriendly action at a time Ghana's development partners and the international community are sympathizing with the Ghanaian people on the increasing impacts of climate change on livelihoods and supporting the country with huge resources to implement a number of climate adaptation projects to help the people especially rural communities to improve livelihoods under severe climate change impacts through effective adaptation interventions.

Done properly, the carbon market could increase transparency for Indonesia, boost tax revenue, and improve the livelihood of rural populations, some of whom are among the poorest in the world.

An agroforestry resource center helping rural people in developing countries improve their livelihoods through environmentally sustainable land management projects including tree planting

For the Green Belt Movement which has empowered communities to conserve the environment forover 37 years, ensuring food security at household level is vital to having improved livelihoods, economic empowerment and build resilience against climate change in the rural Kenya.

For 35 years the Green Belt Movement (GBM) has been empowering women and communities in rural Kenya to develop a greener and cleaner world while improving their livelihoods.

This activity reports highlight the impact of R4 Rural Resilience Initiative on farmers, helping them to improve the way they manage risks to their livelihoods and food security.

The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative offers integrated risk management strategies to build farmers» resilience to climate - related shocks and to improve their livelihoods.

If parental migration, for such as going to a city or working abroad for employment opportunities is considered as a livelihood strategy that helps rural workers get a job and improve their families» living conditions, a potential cost for the psychological well - being of these families» children due to their separation from parents needs to be taken into account [13].

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