System · Rationale

Forest-dependent livelihood

Livelihood system through which households make a living from forest goods and services, drawing on their knowledge and access to forest resources, and which is exposed.

Definition source: FAO Forest Resources Assessment (FRA)

Synonyms

forest-based livelihood

Broader

Livelihood system

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: sensitive to climate-driven changes in forest condition.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_071 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_071
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_071)