Do Forests Help Rural Households Adapt to Climate Variability? Evidence from Southern Malawi

By M. Fisher, M. Chaudhury, B. McCusker. 2010

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Safety Nets, Gap Filling and Forests: A Global-Comparative Perspective (2014, background): “Conversely, household proximity and easy access to good-quality forests increases their use as safety nets (Fisher & Shively, 2005; Fisher et al., 2010; Hegde & Bull, 2008; Pattanayak & Sills, 2001; Vedeld, Angelsen, Sjaastad, & Berg, 2004).”
Local level climate justice? Adaptation finance and vulnerability reduction (2013, background): “…behavioural changes induced by disasters (Birkmann et al., 2010), the types of responses (Jabeen et al., 2010), the role of forests as a facilitator (Fisher et al., 2010), as well as institutions for managing climate risks (Rodima-Taylor, 2012) and their cross-scale dynamics (Osbahr et al., 2008).”
Role of non-timber forest products in sustaining forest-based livelihoods and rural households' resilience capacity in and around protected area: a Bangladesh study† (2015, background): “There are evidences where local communities depends on forests and associated natural resources to improve their capacity for resilience in such a context (Mertz et al. 2009; Fisher et al. 2010).”