Given that we are talking about cod here – i.e. a fish on which many families' livelihoods depend – any such insertions could not fail to concern the socio-economic impact of the proposed fishing restrictions. Restrictions of this kind are causing serious concern among the thousands of people whose livelihoods are linked to the Baltic.

12. Understands that CITES can best contribute to the livelihoods of the poor through ensuring implementation and enforcement of the convention and preventing unregulated and illegal trade, and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to withdraw CoP 14 Doc.14, "CITES and Livelihoods";

63. Notes, with concern, that the preliminary damage and needs assessment prepared by the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, to which the Commission contributed, estimates the total loss of employment or livelihood as a consequence of the earthquake at 29%, impacting on approximately 1.64 million people, over half of whom were estimated to be under the age of 15; welcomes the Commission's EUR 50 million project, Earthquake Early Recovery and Reconstruction Support to Pakistan; emphasises that this project should focus on protecting the most vulnerable in the short term, restoring economic activity in the affected areas, includi ...[+++]ng reviving small businesses and replacing lost assets in agriculture, and creating employment opportunities through training and skills enhancement programmes; recommends that, in the medium and long term, measures to rebuild and secure livelihoods should include microfinance and skills enhancement, and urges the Commission to support such strategies in the long term;

In this context concern for biodiversity is integral to sustainable development and underpins competitivity, growth and employment, and improved livelihoods.

combating all forms of child labour, trafficking of and violence against children and promotion of policies taking into consideration youth's and children's particular vulnerability and potentials, protection of their rights and interests, education, health and livelihoods, starting with participation and empowerment;

More open markets can permit greater flow of grains and better returns to certain farmers and thus have a positive impact on their livelihoods, but can also increase stresses on water and land use and negatively affect the livelihoods of others, as well as a country's long-term prospects of overall food security.