Sentences with word «subsistence»

Soil and water conservation decision behavior of subsistence farmers in the Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia: a case study of the Hunde - Lafto area.

«In this high mountain desert, water is a critically precious resource and the use of metal - polluted waters for irrigation may have substantial detrimental impacts on the lives of subsistence farmers,» said Bill Strosnider, researcher on the project.

I found that the buffalo hunt was a culturally appropriate activity, one that showed respect for the animal and the need for subsistence for the people.

There are billions of people living in subsistence farming communities, and displaced because of human caused wars and subsequent famines.

The Hunger Games is set in a future North America where the nation of Panem is divided between the elites in the capital and those living at subsistence levels in the twelve surrounding districts.

As land once used for subsistence farming is transferred to plantations growing food for export, the GNP is likely to rise, but the ability of ordinary people to feed themselves declines.

But arguably, fuel such as oil has given people the means to escape the mundane existence of subsistence living and to confront tyranny.

As 90 % of the population of forest edge communities are dependent on subsistence agriculture for their livelihoods, project activities have been aligned to the needs of local people.

Mostly it was considered a nuisance, as it could get in the way of subsistence agriculture, but it did have its uses.

Conservationists can be «cautiously optimistic» about the prospect of sustainable subsistence hunting by Amazonian communities.

The Levant (i.e. modern - day Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria) has long been recognised as an important region associated with changes in social complexity and shifts in subsistence economy that pre-empted the shift to agriculture and farming.

Receipts for incurred expenses including those for subsistence allowance expenses are required.

Several different Mayan tribes continue living their traditional lives as subsistence farmers / gatherers in Belizean jungles, along rivers and at coastal areas.

This remains in place although the Commission continues to set catch limits for aboriginal subsistence whaling.

The term leisure (and the use of other related words yet to be defined, e.g., play, festivity, games, etc.) might best be limited to refer only to Clawson's «fun activities,» with a more neutral term such as discretionary time being used to indicate those moments or hours free from subsistence activity.

A second project works with subsistence hunters in communities that depend seasonally on coastal sea ice for travel, hunting, or both, to furnish a systematic understanding of the dynamics of nearshore ice.

It is claimed these new plantations can be created across «marginal» and «degraded» land in «which the occupants are not engaged in economic activity», meaning land used by subsistence farmers, pastoralists, hunters and gatherers and others not producing commodities for the mass market.

In the 1970s, they had put a lot of effort into creating a type of corn rich in the amino acid lysine, because nutritionists thought this would remedy protein deficiency among people living on subsistence diets.

Her most formidable ally is archaeologist Michael Moseley, at the University of Florida, whose thinking has long dominated discussions of how ancient South Americans made the leap from subsistence fishing to urban sophistication.

Churchill's safety net is at the bottom: holding people at subsistence level, just above the abyss of hunger and homelessness.

Russian labor is to be paid wages above subsistence levels only to the extent that it can be taxed, thereby «freeing» as much non-wage income as possible from taxation — in particular, income for the privatized land, mineral resources and hitherto public utilities.

Working with 60 Amazonian communities in the Juruá and Uatumã regions of Amazonas, Brazil, they deployed 383 motion - activated camera traps and conducted 78 interviews with subsistence hunters.

These BR - dependent phenotypes therefore represent two potential avenues for enhancing grain production in millets, including subsistence crops in many developing countries that remain largely untapped for genetic improvement.

«The member nations should neither countenance the commercialization of aboriginal subsistence whaling, on the one hand, nor the aboriginalization of commercial whaling, on the other.»

Lead author, Dr. Cameron Petrie of the Division of Archaeology, University of Cambridge notes that «for most ancient complex societies, water was a critical factor, and the availability of water and the way that it was managed and used provide critical insight into human adaptation and the resilience of subsistence practices.»

Moving to higher ground Farther north, the Quinaults are trying to understand how climate change will affect their long - term effort to restore the Quinault River's prized blueback salmon, a traditional subsistence food and a source of income the tribe sells under the «Quinault Pride» label.

«Unfortunately, the same is not true for other social goals that go beyond basic subsistence such as secondary education and high life satisfaction.

At the same time, the present crisis represents an opportunity to shift attention to other sectors of the economy, which for a long time have struggled to progress beyond subsistence level.

REDOIL is standing in solidarity with Inupiat that want to protect their ancestral subsistence way of life.

«While acknowledging that climate and environmental shifts may have influenced human subsistence strategies, the research suggests climate change may not have been the driving factor behind cultural and technological innovations in these localities and encourage context - specific evaluation of the role of climate change in driving early human experimentation,» says Henshilwood.

In places where work is scarce there may be increased pressure on natural resources for subsistence use including fuelwood harvesting and slash - and - burn cultivation.

The province is known for its scenic, ecological and ethnic diversity, but it also is one of the poorest regions in China, populated by indigenous subsistence cultures that rely on forests for their livelihoods.

New efforts are underway to ensure effective land use planning, balancing local subsistence needs with conservation.

The Limburg Principles had referred to the notion of «minimum subsistence rights for all» (Principle 25), but it is in General Comment 3 and subsequent comments on specific rights that the concept of the essential level of rights was outlined.

While the Industrial Revolution brought about efficiency and inexpensive goods, it also caused work to lose its dignity and interest, forced workers into below subsistence wages, polluted the environment, and destroyed community.

85 % of the inhabitants live in traditional subsistence agricultural societies.

Therefore a human being also has the right to security in cases of sickness, inability to work, widowhood, old age, unemployment, or in any case in which he is deprived of the means of subsistence through no fault of his own... right to respect, right to freedom in searching for truth, right to share in the benefits of culture... the right to choose the state of life which they prefer» 5

Now, a team of researchers is arguing that the government's response — of placing limits on indigenous subsistence hunting — is misguided.

The need for work comes from somewhat unfortunate life circumstances (e.g. divorce and some unwise financial sacrifices) that left him with only subsistence income at this point in life.

This isn't a way of life «born necessarily of «eco-awareness» but just the simple fact that their families have lived and tended small subsistence farms here for generations.»

This new research helps explain the drivers of climate change that impact human subsistence and water resources in the driest region of the country.

The 45 - day Call seeks to gather information about specific areas within the Beaufort Sea Planning Area that have the most promising oil and gas resource potential, while also increasing the agency's understanding about environmentally sensitive habitats and important social and cultural uses — including vital Alaska Native subsistence activities — that also exist within the area.

In fact, wages were probably often below subsistence measured in this way.