Adaptation Strategies of the Sustainable Livelihood Considerations for the Internal Displacement Women in Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kennedy D. Gunawardana
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood

Climate, Climate Risk, and Food Security in Sri Lanka: Need for Strengthening Adaptation Strategies

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Buddhi Marambe ◽  
Ranjith Punyawardena ◽  
Pradeepa Silva ◽  
Sarath Premalal ◽  
Varuna Rathnabharathie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Climate Risk

scholarly journals Resilience Thinking and Strategies to Reclaim Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Cascade Tank-Village System (CTVS) in Sri Lanka

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin Melles ◽  
Ethmadalage Dineth Perera
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Resource Limitations ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Resilience Thinking ◽  
Poor Access ◽  
Dry Zone

Cascading Tank Village Systems (CTVSs) of Sri Lanka historically provided a resilient community-based social-ecological water management system in the rural dryzone of Sri Lanka [1]. The CTVS has been described as the ‘lifeblood’ of communities in the rural dry zone [2] and as a globally important Agricultural Heritage System by the FAO [3]. After being abandoned for many centuries, their restoration is now being pursued by different national and international actors as a key to climate change mitigation and sustainable livelihoods for communities [4]. Rural livelihoods in the dry zone are at risk due to multiple factors, poor access and management of water, economic and health pressures, as well as resource limitations and degradation [5]. Despite recent efforts to restore CTVS systems, no social-ecological approach (SES) nor sustainable livelihoods framework (SLF) focused approach to ensuring resilient and sustainable livelihood outcomes has been taken [6]. As part of an on-going PhD project, this paper describes the background, current challenges and potential for an SES focused resilience thinking approach to CTVS combined with a focus on sustainable livelihoods for future sustainable livelihood opportunities and outcomes. The study finds current restoration efforts are at a crossroads between restoring the past (system adaptability) or transforming for the future. It introduces relevant SES and resilience thinking concepts and analyses the CTVS from this perspective. A particular contribution of this study is to point to the significant overlaps and complementarities in social-ecological (SES) resilience thinking and SLF approaches to analysis and proposals for resilient rural development. Employing resilience thinking principles it recommends strategies to create positive livelihood outcomes for communities and households. Keywords: cascading tank village system; sustainable livelihoods; resilience thinking; Sri Lanka; rural dry zone; community rural development

scholarly journals Are homegarden ecosystems resilient to climatic change? An analysis of adaptation strategies of homegardeners in Sri Lanka

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeevika Weerahewa ◽  
Gamini Pushpakumara ◽  
Pradeepa Silva ◽  
Chathuranga Daulagala ◽  
Ranjith Punyawardena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Climatic Change ◽  
Adaptation Strategies

scholarly journals (P1-109) Violence, Health and Human Rights: Analysis of the Right to Health for Conflict Displaced Persons Living In IDP Camps in Northern Sri Lanka

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s134-s134
Author(s):  
K. Wickramage ◽  
A. Zwi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Civil Conflict ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Right

This presentation explores the nexus between collective violence (in the form of violent civil conflict) and health and human rights in Sri Lanka, focusing specifically on persons displaced during the most recent conflict in Northern Sri Lanka beginning in November 2008. After exploring the normative framework in relation to the right to health, the local legal framework governing internal displacement, and the related component on healthcare access, service provision, and standards will be described. By examining health cluster reports, health surveys, and case-studies, this presentation describes how the health sector responded in providing healthcare services to those war displaced living in internally displaced people (IDP) camps in Vavuniya District. The “rights based approach to health” is examined in relation to the health sector response, and key issues and challenges in meeting health protection needs are highlighted. A conceptual framework on the right to health for IDPs in Northern Sri Lanka is presented. This presentation also explores how some health interventions in the post-conflict Sri Lankan context may have acted as a bridge for peace building and reconciliation.

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