5. Forests, Poverty and Conservation: An Overview of the Issues
- Dilys Roe3,
- Joanna Elliott4,
- Chris Sandbrook5,
- Matt Walpole5
Published Online: 19 NOV 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch5
Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link
Additional Information
How to Cite
Belcher, B. (2012) Forests, Poverty and Conservation: An Overview of the Issues, 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.ch5
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
- 5
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
- Chapter
- References
Keywords:
- forests, biodiversity conservation;
- conservation objectives;
- The Brundtland Commission;
- ‘forest dependency’;
- forested communities, subsistence-based;
- forest products, and ‘poverty trap’;
- conservation activities and poverty;
- conservation's real role
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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The nature of “forest dependency”
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Forests, poverty and remoteness
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Influence of forest dwellers on biodiversity
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Influence of conservation activities on poverty
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Combining biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation in forest communities
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References