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Conservation Actions >> Livelihood, Economic, and Other Incentives >>

Taxonomy: Linked Enterprises and Livelihood Alternatives

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Definition:
Developing enterprises that directly depend on the maintenance of natural resources or provide substitute livelihoods as a means of changing behaviors and attitudes.
Keywords:
Enterprise, livelihood, alternatives, ecotourism, nontimber forest product, harvesting, wild salmon, create value, wild population, biodiversity, conservation, action

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Such as ecotourism, nontimber forest product harvesting, and harvesting wild salmon to create value for wild population. In linked enterprises, the health of the enterprise directly depends on the health of the biodiversity - for example, a community homestay that depends on tourists coming to visit an intact coral reef. Livelihood alternatives are established to move people from destructive actions to non-destructive ones -- for example, a community homestay that keeps the operator from working as a logger.

This category is part of a standard classification of ‘Conservation Actions’ edited by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and in use by all major biodiversity conservation organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Birdlife International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund. For a detailed description of the classification please go here. To search for solutions, service providers, consultants, practitioners, and funders related to this conservation action use the Conservation Pages.

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