Sustainability and Livelihoods

Abstract

The word environmental sustainability of late has been used as catch word for illustrating the climate change and subsequent sequential impact of various aspects of environmental landscape that include soil management, gaseous exchange, nutrient cycling, carbon emission, rainfall etc., Interpretation of environmental changes are interpreted based on very few trends which need not necessarily cause short term or long term impacts. The impact assessment of a region fundamentally depends on region specific history of habitat management, human interference, agricultural practices, Economic livelihood activities which depend on available natural resources and seasonality of intensity of activities. In the present study efforts are made to indentify the major NTFP based livelihood economic activities and relate the habitat management aspects along with commercial invasion that became detrimental to environmental threshold to call for sustainability alarm. The livelihoods in various developing economies have different environmental impacts. Such assessment of economic activities have any real environmentally detrimental consequences or is it being essentially over emphasizing to create such fears have been analyzed.

Factors influencing Muslim Generation Z consumers’ purchase intention of environmentally friendly halal cosmetic products

“…Second, the label should make it evident that the certified product has outperformed the average items in its category regarding environmental performance (UNOPS, 2009). The Japanese Eco Mark, International Energy Star, United States Green Seal and United Kingdom BREEAM are all examples of eco-labels (Srinivas, 2022).…”

Perception of Locals on Multiple Contributions of NTFPs to the Livelihoods of Forest Fringe Communities in Ghana

“…Local communities in forest fringe in developing countries can generate income and gain economic empowerment through the utilisation and trade of NTFPs [6][7][8][9]. NTFPs have become an essential source of income and sustenance in many rural communities in developing countries, for example, in Ghana, where a significant portion of the population relies on natural resources for their livelihoods [1,[10][11][12]. They offer rural households the opportunity to diversify their economic activities, reduce their dependency on single sources of income, and increase their overall resilience to economic shocks and uncertainties [13][14][15].…”