1. Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: What, Why and Where?

  1. Dilys Roe1,
  2. Joanna Elliott2,
  3. Chris Sandbrook3,
  4. Matt Walpole3
  1. Dilys Roe1,
  2. Joanna Elliott2,
  3. Chris Sandbrook3,
  4. Matt Walpole3

Published Online: 19 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch1

Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link

Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link

How to Cite

Roe, D., Elliott, J., Sandbrook, C. and Walpole, M. (2012) Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: What, Why and Where?, in Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link (eds D. Roe, J. Elliott, C. Sandbrook and M. Walpole), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch1

Editor Information

  1. 1

    Dilys Roe International Institute for Environment and Development, 80–86 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8NH, UK

  2. 2

    African Wildlife Foundation, Oxford, UK

  3. 3

    United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK

Author Information

  1. 1

    Dilys Roe International Institute for Environment and Development, 80–86 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8NH, UK

  2. 2

    African Wildlife Foundation, Oxford, UK

  3. 3

    United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 19 NOV 2012
  2. Published Print: 21 DEC 2012

Book Series:

  1. Conservation Science and Practice Series

Book Series Editors:

  1. Ward Cooper

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470674796

Online ISBN: 9781118428351

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Keywords:

  • poverty alleviation;
  • ecosystem services;
  • the Millennium MA;
  • biodiversity and poverty;
  • poverty differences;
  • global economic on biodiversity–poverty;
  • biodiversity conservation priorities;
  • sharing common forces

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation: separate or linked challenges?

  • Where is the evidence for biodiversity-poverty linkages? The objectives and structure of this book

  • Anote on terminology

  • Biodiversity, ecosystem services and poverty - the potential for synergies

  • Biodiversity and poverty relationships in different ecological settings

  • Poverty impacts of different conservation interventions

  • Distributional and institutional issues

  • Biodiversity and poverty relationships in the context of global challenges

  • References