Linking Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Landscapes, People and Power
144 pages | Earthscan Publications Ltd.; Second Edition edition (October 2008) | 1844076350 | PDF | 1 Mb
High levels of rural poverty in many of the world's ecosystems make it an ethical and practical imperative to find more equitable and realistic ways of achieving conservation. Livelihoods of the rural poor and options for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity are so intimately entwined that they are better addressed through an integrated approach, irrespective of whether the primary motivation is one of development or one of conservation.