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- 1. livelihood is defined as a set of activities performed to live for a given life span , involving securing water, food, fodder, medicine, shelter, clothing and the capacity to acquire above necessities working either individually or as a group by using endowments (both human and material) for meeting the requirements of the self and his/her household on a sustainable basis with dignity. Concept of livelihood
- 4. Natural resource management Natural resource management deals with managing the way in whichpeople and natural landscapes interact. It brings together land use planning, water management, biodiversity conservation, and the future sustainability of industries like agriculture, mining, tourism, fisheries an d forestry It recognises that people and their livelihoods rely on the health and productivity of our landscapes, and their actions as stewards of the land play a critical role in maintaining this health and productivity
- 5. Department of PG studies in social work vidyanagara Tumkur Assignment presentation livelihood approach :- NRM , watershed development , diversification Rajendraprasad KT MSW
- 6. Community Based NRM •CBNRM combines conservation with the generation of economic benefits for rural communities. • Capacity of indigenous communities to conserve NR acknowledged • Governance is seen as a key consideration for delivering CBNRM • The three key assumptions – locals are better placed to conserve natural resources, – people will conserve a resource only if benefits exceed the costs of conservation, and – people will conserve a resource that is linked directly to their quality of life
- 11. Watershed devlopment i) Watershed is an area above a given drainage point on a stream that contributes water to the flow at that point. ii) Watershed is a natural unit draining runoff water to common point of outlet. iii) The watershed is geohydrological unit or a piece of land that drains at common point. Catchments basin or drainage basin are synonymous of watershed.
- 12. Sustainable Livelihood Strategies Watershed Development 1)Well-being is not only about increased incomes. Other dimensions of poverty that must be addressed include food insecurity, social inferiority, exclusion,lack of physical assets, and vulnerability, 2) Household poverty is determined by many factors, particularly access to assets and the influence of policies and institutions, 3) Livelihood priorities vary and outsiders cannot assume knowledg e of the
- 13. Livelihood Impacts of Watershed Development Programmes a) productive (optimum utilization of the watershed's natural resources) b) social (employment generation and development of other economic resources in the village); c) ecological/environmental (easy and affordable solutions that build on indigenous knowledge); and d) equity (emphasis on improving the economic and social condition of the resource poor).