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LSP Working Paper 1 |
Access to Natural Resources Sub-Programme |
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A critical analysis of central concepts and emerging trends from a sustainable livelihoods perspective Pari Baumann July 2002 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Livelihood Support Programme (LSP) |
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This paper was prepared under contract with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The positions and opinions presented are those of the author alone, and are not intended to represent the views of FAO.
The Livelihood Support Programme
The Livelihood Support Programme (LSP) evolved from the belief that FAO could have a greater impact on reducing poverty and food insecurity, if its wealth of talent and experience were integrated into a more flexible and demand-responsive team approach.
The LSP works through teams of FAO staff members, who are attracted to specific themes being worked on in a sustainable livelihoods context. These cross-departmental and cross-disciplinary teams act to integrate sustainable livelihoods principles in FAO's work, at headquarters and in the field. These approaches build on experiences within FAO and other development agencies.
The programme is functioning as a testing ground for both team approaches and sustainable livelihoods principles.
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Access to natural resources sub-programme
Access by the poor to natural resources, including land, forests, water, fisheries and wildlife, is essential for sustainable poverty reduction. Landless people in rural areas are particularly vulnerable, because without secure access to land and other natural resources, they can have more difficulty obtaining food, accumulating other assets and recovering after environmental and economic shocks or misfortunes.
The main goal of this sub-programme is to build stakeholder capacity to improve poor people's access to natural resources. It also aims to make sustainable livelihoods approaches more effective in reducing poverty among the poorest of the poor, particularly landless and near landless people.
1. POVERTY, VULNERABILITY AND LIVELIHOOD ISSUES RELATED TO ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES
1.1 Definitions and concepts
1.2 Empirical evidence on poverty-environment linkagesGlobalization and localization
Diversification of Livelihood Strategies
The nature of the community and institutions1.3 Changing perspectives on access to natural resources
1.4 The new poverty agenda
1.5 Summary and significance
2. MAIN FEATURES OF THE SLA RELATED TO CURRENT THINKING ABOUT ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES
2.1 The role of ANR in the development of the SLA
2.2 The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach2.3 The SLA as a framework for analysis and discussion of links to ANR
A The vulnerability context
B. The capital asset pentagon
C. Policies, institutions and processes
D. Livelihood strategies and outcomes
3. PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE RURAL POOR FACE WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS TO NATURAL RESOURCES
3.1 Access to cultivable land and agriculture
Rural proletarianization in the Andes
Migration
Cultural capital and rural residence
Non-agricultural income sources in Sub-Saharan Africa
Policy and technical issues3.2 Access to natural resources
3.3 Summary and significance
4.1 Evaluation of the SLA and its capacity to understand ANR issues
4.2 Policies, institutions and processes in the SLA4.3 SLA perspective as a framework for developing strategies for enabling access of poor to NR
4.4 Watershed, Watershed Plus and Sustainable Livelihoods in India