E10. Alternative livelihoods

In today’s episode, we are discussing the concept of alternative livelihoods. We will talk about some real life cases where alternative livelihood projects have impacted economies, politics and communities. Our guest on this episode is Sebastiaan Grosscurt, teaching assistant at Leiden University College in The Hague and former intern with policy on sustainable supply chains at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. He shares his opinions on the topic and cases from his field experience with sustainable livelihood projects in Africa."ReferencesMaarten Molenaar (2018). ‘Sustainable Livelihoods - an LUC field course through Africa’. Available at: https://youtu.be/G6GUsEfYbeA.Keith Bohannon. 2018. „Sustainable Alternative Livelihoods approach.“ https://www.peoplenotpoaching.org/sites/default/files/uploads/2018-11/A%20pragmatic%20evidence-based%20participatory%20approach%20to%20alternative%20livelihoods%20and%20conservation_resource.pdfFriederike Hofmann, 22.10.2019 WDRhttps://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/bauern-proteste-101.html . Wright, Juliet H., Nicholas A. O. Hill, Dilys Roe, J. Marcus Rowcliffe, Noëlle F. Kümpel, Mike Day, Francesca Booker, and E. J. Milner‐Gulland. "Reframing the Concept of Alternative Livelihoods." Conservation Biology 30, no. 1 (2016): 7-13. https://www.cifor.org/library/5751/World Health Organization. “Tobacco and its environmental impact: an overview.” 2017. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/255574/9789241512497-eng.pdf?sequence=1. https://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/highlights/videoalternativelivihood/en/ https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/93/12/15-152744/en/Podcast: Between the lines - Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development Ian Scooneshttps://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/3093.pdfhttps://www.iied.org/are-alternative-livelihoods-projects-effective (2014) Mike Dayhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/290494708_Are_alternative_livelihood_projects_effective_at_reducing_local_threats_to_specified_elements_of_biodiversity_andor_improving_or_maintaining_the_conservation_status_of_those_elementshttps://zslpublications-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.eur.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1111/acv.12094Alternative Livelihoods: Substance or Slogan? - BRIEFING PAPER David Mansfield and Adam Pain October 2005Support the show (https://www.eshub.nl/how-to-help/become-a-change-maker/)