Livelihood Sovereignty is ‘a holistic ethical alternative solution’ which consists of five inter-relative rights: 1) The right to land, forest and water, clean air and natural landscape (basic); 2) The right to maintain one’s own religion (unique); 3) The right to live according to one’s own way of life and values of happiness and wellbeing within one’s own natural environment (practice); 4) The right to operate according to one’s own knowledge and decide what to plant, initiate, create and invent on one’s own land; (holistic); and 5) The right to co-manage or co-govern natural resources with neighboring communities and local authorities (strategic).
Nature is the Mother of all creatures. Such a simple and long lasting philosophy should always remind us to promote ‘Friendliness in mind - Faith in our behaviour - and Beauty in our relationships’.
Functions of LISO's Founding Board are to: (1) Develop strategic direction of development of the Livelihood Sovereignty Alliance (LISO), (2) Appoint and dismiss members of LISO Director Board, Scientific Council and Independent Monitoring, (3) Decide on issues regardings separation, merger and dissolution, as well approving plans and budget of the Program under LISO.
LISO Alliance Code of Good Conduct Click here for details
CHAIR PERSON OF FOUNDING BOARD
Mrs. Tran Thi Lanh
Tran Thi Lanh studied Biology (Vinh University 1981), Ecological Approach of Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Land Use Planning, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (Hanoi University 1989); Human Ecology (University of Hawaii 1990); taking PhD on “Traditional cultural dimension in sustainable natural resource management of Dzao ethnic minority people in Ba vi National Park” 1992-1998; Resource Conflict Resolution and social justice and development (Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands in 2000), currently Honorary Research Associate in Anthropology at Waikato University, New Zealand. Since 1992 she has been working on community development in indigenous ethnic minority communities in highland ecosystems of the Mekong region using participatory learning and action approach. She is the Founder of five organizations dedicated to working with and for indigenous ethnic minority communities: Toward Ethnic Women (TEW) 1994; Centre for Human Ecology Studies of Highlands (CHESH) 1999; Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Research and Development (CIRD) 2000; Social Policy Ecology Research Institute (SPERI) formed from a merger of TEW, CHESH and CIRD in 2006; and Consultant on Development (CODE) 2007.
Geoff Lawson is director of Permaculture Research Institute (PRI). He is a student of Bill Morison, the founder of Permaculture in Australia. Permaculture is a process of permanent agriculture aimed at preserving an ethical relationship between human and nature.Geoff has engaged his life since 1985 in education thousands of students in different continents in over 30 countries. In 2005, he joined forces with Mrs Tran thi Lanh, founder of Centre for Human Ecology Studies of Highland (CHESH) in the Mekong region, and her student Mr Duong Quang Chau to co-found Social Policy Ecology Research Institute (SPERI). His dream is to strengthen and increase the permacultue family for the benefit of people and nature. Geoff is a world leader in consulting, teaching, and designing in permaculture.
Mr. Duong Quang Chau
BA in Biology, specializing in Soils Agronomist. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of community development for ethnic minorities in the Mekong watershed areas and 5 years of experience in consulting and training on eco-farming.
Cao Quang Agro-Forestry and Ecological Service Cooperative 
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