7. Linking Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation in the Drylands – The Concept of ‘Useful’ Biodiversity
- Dilys Roe2,
- Joanna Elliott3,
- Chris Sandbrook4,
- Matt Walpole4
Published Online: 19 NOV 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch7
Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link
Additional Information
How to Cite
Mortimore, M. (2012) Linking Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation in the Drylands – The Concept of ‘Useful’ Biodiversity, 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.ch7
Editor Information
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Dilys Roe International Institute for Environment and Development, 80–86 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8NH, UK
- 3
African Wildlife Foundation, Oxford, UK
- 4
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:
- ‘Useful’ biodiversity;
- colonies, ‘usefulness’ role;
- ‘managed’ biodiversity;
- Sahelian context;
- genetic diversity;
- farm/marketable cultivars;
- the Sahel, agro-diversity;
- human–animal–rangeland cycle
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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Biodiversity in the Sahelian context
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Agro-diversity and “wild” biodiversity
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Biodiversity and rangeland degradation
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Trees, shrubs and “deforestation”
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Faunal diversity - livestock
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Biodiversity conservation with poverty reduction?
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Conclusion
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References