Sustainable Livelihoods Framework

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Easiest to understand if you think about a
person..
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Easiest to understand if you think about a
person..and their family
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Everyone wants things in their life
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Natural
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Risks
Assets
Outcomes

Strategies
Rules
Influence

Human
Cultural
Physical
Health Wellbeing Income
We can summarise all the things that people
generally want from their lives as health, well
being and income
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Health Wellbeing Income
If people are getting these outcomes, it builds
up their assets
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• Assets include
• Money (financial)
• Land and water (natural)
• Skills knowledge health (human)
• House, car (physical)
• Culture
• People who can help you (Social)

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Natural
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Risks
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Strategies
Rules
Influence

Human

• People do things in their lives
• Looking after country
• Looking after people
• Enterprise
• These are livelihood strategies or activities

Cultural
Physical
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Natural
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Risks
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Strategies
Rules
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Human
Cultural
Physical
Health Wellbeing Income
Doing these activities helps people get what they
want and need in terms of income, health well
being, and builds their assets.
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Financial


Natural
Social


Risks
Assets
Outcomes

Strategies
Rules
Influence

Human
Cultural
Physical
There are always rules. Rules might come
from Government Culture Or family
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Natural
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Strategies
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Influence

Human
Cultural
Physical
What people are allowed to do in their lives to
get income, health and well being depends on the
rules.
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Financial


Natural
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Risks
Assets
Outcomes

Strategies
Rules
Influence

Human
Cultural
Physical
Go to jail Cut off Centrelink Stressing
out Country is bare (too many cattle) Run out
of water Nephew smashes car
If people break the rules or if people follow the
rules, but the rules are not good rules, then
there are bad consequences for people. These are
risks.
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Financial


Natural
Social


Risks
Assets
Outcomes

Strategies
Rules
Influence

Human
Cultural
Physical
Risks can mean that people lose some or all of
their assets.
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Financial


Natural
Social


Risks
Assets
Outcomes

Strategies
Rules
Influence

Human
Cultural
Physical
But if assets are strong.
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Financial


Natural
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Risks
Assets
Outcomes

Strategies
Rules
Influence

Human
Cultural
Physical
But if assets are strong. Then people can have
influence over the rules, and make sure the rules
are good rules. People with the strongest assets
have most influence over the rules think about
it
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Financial


Natural
Social


Risks
Assets
Outcomes

Strategies
Rules
Influence

Human
Cultural
Physical
Health Wellbeing Income