This change of climate threatens the local environment and the livelihoods of people living there.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

I think they have a moral purpose, which is to preserve the livelihoods of the people of the Province of Quebec.

我认为他们都有一个共同道德目标，就是维持魁北克省,居民的生计。

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You don't want to be someone like the fisherman who boasts about one big fish that he caught because it's not-- we're talking about livelihoods.

不要像那个渔夫一样,因为曾经捕过一条大鱼而到处炫耀-,我们说的是维持生计的问题。

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"I lost a big portion of this property but there's a lot of people in this city who have lost their lives and their livelihoods.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

It is part of a larger ten-year effort called the Water and Livelihoods Initiative.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

"What is necessary in this case is a collective effort, not only by the researchers and the people on the ground, but also the donor community, because controlling those two diseases can go a long way in improving people's food security and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa."

VOA: special.2009.09.21

In the Meanwhile, oil residue continues to spread along the U.S.coastline, threatening livelihoods and sensitive wildlife in the areas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

It's obvious. On the other hand, if you only look at the environmental impact, you can hurt people's livelihoods."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

This has given rise to systemic risks affecting livelihoods, the environment as well as human and animal health."

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

He adds livelihoods must be restored, agriculture must be revived, infrastructure repaired and unexploded ordnance removed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

It could jeopardize the livelihoods of thousands of Americans who call this place home."

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

Millions of others lost their loved ones, their homes,and their livelihoods.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

But,as tens of thousands of barrels of oil continue to flow daily into the Gulf of Mexico, killing wildlife, damaging the environment and ruining livelihoods, the company is suffering as well.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

We're talking about a vast number of trees that are taken out of forests every year, which are contributing to that one-fifth of global emissions that comes from deforestation and contributing to the loss of wildlife, contributing to the loss of people's livelihoods and contributing to the loss of revenue from governments."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

So this is a timely opportunity to remind the world how agricultural biodiversity can improve productivity and nutrition,enhance livelihoods, respond to environmental challenges and deliver food security, Last July,the G8 summit in L'Aquila,Italy, issued a statement saying, There is an urgent need for decisive action to free humankind from hunger and poverty.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

"We're talking about the livelihoods of millions of people but we're also talking about a huge potential resource of hydropower which can not only provide foreign revenues to the countries, but can those revenues can then be used to finance other development programs and help countries meet their targets on poverty alleviation and millenium development goals,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

It can ensure that poor,rural people, whose lives and livelihoods, depend on the earth's productive capacity, have the means to produce more and to produce it better, GDP growth generated by agriculture has been shown to be at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors. In recent years, more attention is being paid to the importance of smallholder farms.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29