sustainable livelihood

collocation in English

meaningsofsustainableandlivelihood

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sustainable
adjective
uk
/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/
us
/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/
able to continue over a period ...
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livelihood
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/
us
/ˈlaɪv.li.hʊd/
(the way someone earns) the money people need to pay for food, a place to live, ...
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(Definition ofsustainableandlivelihoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsustainable livelihood

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It should be noted that the general pattern described above differs from household to household, depending on the asset or capital levels in thesustainablelivelihoodframework.
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John's household's life situation throws light on various aspects ofsustainablelivelihoodanalysis.
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I believe that the concept ofsustainablelivelihoodcreation is a valuable and relatively new organising paradigm for dealing with the scourge of world poverty.
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I must say that this is what has attracted me personally to thesustainablelivelihoodapproach.
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Without that learning they do not have even the first chance of developing asustainablelivelihood.
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That is simply not asustainablelivelihood.
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We know that educating girls and giving women access to health care and to somesustainablelivelihood leads to their taking control of the size of their families.
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Aside from the environmental devastation, the indigenous people have suffered a loss of traditional rights to their territory andsustainablelivelihoodoptions.
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Having access tosustainablelivelihoodopportunities, the poor become less vulnerable to adverse natural and man-made forces.
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What is more, sustainable livelihoods for the poor remain a distant dream.
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This will need employment creation and sustainable livelihoods.
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Enabling access to quality education and training will in turn enable them to stand on their own feet, have access tosustainablelivelihoodand opportunities for further growth.
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It also directs its efforts in involving local forest-dwelling communities to protect the biodiversity of the region and providessustainablelivelihoodoptions for forest dependent and coastal communities.
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Diversity in livestock rearing is an important ingredient for sustainable livelihoods, as each livestock type has specific uses, with multiple livelihood security implications.
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Policies for improving productivity, competitiveness and sustainable livelihoods of smallholder livestock producers.
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Substantive issues now collectively discussed include what approach to take to defend their interests and which alternative activities to pursue in order to achieve both forest protection and sustainable livelihoods.
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We believe the poor need access to technology appropriate for the development of sustainable livelihoods.
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We expect to maintain a substantial bilateral programme of development projects that target the poor, promote sustainable livelihoods and encourage good government.
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The sustainable livelihoods fisheries project is one of the first to adopt an explicit people-centred, livelihoods approach to fisheries-dependent communities.
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I hope that the department will continue to make the creation of sustainable livelihoods an absolutely key part of its development policy.
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