Newsletter article
Poverty and Biodiversity Conservation
Policy Matters: Poverty, Wealth and Conservation, Vol.14, pp.48-52
2006
Abstract
There has been a great deal of discussion recently in conservation fields about the relationships between biodiversity conservation, livelihoods and poverty reduction and specifically about whether poverty reduction should be an objective of conservation. This paper argues against attempts to make simplistic and universally-valid causal generalisations about relationships between poverty and conservation (such as "population pressure and poverty lead to environmental degradation"). Changes to institutional arrangements can often lead to completely different poverty reduction and conservation outcomes from those expected and previously obtained in specific contexts. There is an ethical responsibility to address poverty when conservation activities themselves contribute to increased poverty, but this is a minimum standard. Beyond this, activities should build on synergies when they do exist and should adopt a creative strategy approach towards new opportunities.
Details
- Title
- Poverty and Biodiversity Conservation
- Authors
- Robert J Fisher (Author) - University of Sydney
- Publication details
- Policy Matters: Poverty, Wealth and Conservation, Vol.14, pp.48-52
- Publisher
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Date published
- 2006
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2006 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Reproduced here with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449943302621
- Output Type
- Newsletter article
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