Research in Rural Livelihoods and Environmental Reliance

 

Improving knowledge of rural livelihoods and environmental reliance is a key research area at Forest & Landscape.

 

The focus is on understanding how environmental products and services contribute to maintaining and improving livelihoods in developing countries.

 

Research is typically applied social science, often carried out across disciplines.

 

Core research questions are:

 

• How does households' environmental reliance vary and what determines this variation?
• What are the households role of environmental resources in (i) preventing and reducing poverty, (ii) decreasing vulnerability to climate change and enhancing adaptation options, and (iii) maintaining and improving health?
• How can the households environmental resources be enhanced through improved policy formation and implementation?

Researchers Carsten Smith-Hall Professor   Jens Friis Lund Associate Professor   Helle Overgaard Larsen Associate Professor

Ida Theilade Senior Researcher   Anja Byg Postdoc   Øystein Juul Nielsen Postdoc

 

Collaboration

Research is conducted with an array of international and national partners, including CIFOR (The Centre for International Forestry Research), universities and research institutions in many countries including Tanzania, Nepal, Ghana, Cambodia, Mozambique, and Bolivia.