20. Tackling Global Poverty: What Contribution Can Biodiversity and Its Conservation Really Make?
- Dilys Roe1,
- Joanna Elliott2,
- Chris Sandbrook3,
- Matt Walpole3
Published Online: 19 NOV 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch20
Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link
Additional Information
How to Cite
Roe, D., Elliott, J., Sandbrook, C. and Walpole, M. (2012) Tackling Global Poverty: What Contribution Can Biodiversity and Its Conservation Really Make?, 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.ch20
Editor Information
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Dilys Roe International Institute for Environment and Development, 80–86 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8NH, UK
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African Wildlife Foundation, Oxford, UK
- 3
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK
Publication History
- Published Online: 19 NOV 2012
- Published Print: 21 DEC 2012
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470674796
Online ISBN: 9781118428351
- Summary
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Keywords:
- tackling global poverty;
- biodiversity;
- ecosystem services in poverty alleviation;
- biodiversity, “has key roles…hierarchy”;
- biodiversity and services;
- resource abundance/mass;
- rural poor and risk reduction;
- beyond localised, the green economy
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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Do biodiversity and its conservation contribute to poverty alleviation?
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So should development pay more attention to biodiversity?
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The need for improved evidence of causal linkages and the results of actions
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Implications: improving policy and practice
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References