Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Exploring the Evidence for a Link

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Biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation are both important societal goals demanding increasing international attention. While they may seem to be unrelated, the international policy frameworks that guide action to address them make an explicit assumption that conserving biodiversity  will help to tackle global poverty. Part of the Conservation Science and Practice Series published with the Zoological Society of London, this book explores the validity of that assumption. The book addresses a number of critical questions: Which aspects of biodiversity are of value to the poor?Does the relationship between biodiversity and poverty differ according to particular ecological conditions?How do different conservation interventions vary in their poverty impacts?How do distributional and institutional issues affect the poverty impacts of interventions?How do broader issues such as climate change and the global economic system affect the biodiversity – poverty relationship at different scales?This volume will be of interest to policy-makers, practitioners and researchers concerned with understanding the potential - and limitations - of integrated approaches to biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation.Content: Chapter 1 Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: What, Why and Where? (pages 1–18): Dilys Roe, Joanna Elliott, Chris Sandbrook and Matt WalpoleChapter 2 The Potential, Realised and Essential Ecosystem Service Benefits of Biodiversity Conservation (pages 21–35): Will R. Turner, Katrina Brandon, Thomas M. Brooks, Claude Gascon, Holly K. Gibbs, Keith Lawrence, Russell A. Mittermeier and Elizabeth R. SeligChapter 3 Poverty Reduction and Biodiversity Conservation: Using the Concept of Ecosystem Services to Understand the Linkages (pages 36–51): Heidi Wittmer, Augustin Berghofer and Pavan SukhdevChapter 4 Dependence of the Poor on Biodiversity: Which Poor, What Biodiversity? (pages 52–84): Bhaskar Vira and Andreas KontoleonChapter 5 Forests, Poverty and Conservation: An Overview of the Issues (pages 85–99): Brian BelcherChapter 6 Biodiversity and Poverty in Coastal Environments (pages 100–112): Jock Campbell and Philip TownsleyChapter 7 Linking Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation in the Drylands – The Concept of ‘Useful’ Biodiversity (pages 113–126): Michael MortimoreChapter 8 Biodiversity Isn't Just Wildlife – Conserving Agricultural Biodiversity as a Vital Contribution to Poverty Reduction (pages 127–141): Willy DoumaChapter 9 Does Conserving Biodiversity Work to Reduce Poverty? A State of Knowledge Review (pages 143–159): Craig Leisher, M. Sanjayan, Jill Blockhus, Neil Larsen and Andreas KontoleonChapter 10 Protected Areas – What People Say about Well?Being (pages 160–172): George Holmes and Dan BrockingtonChapter 11 Species Conservation and Poverty Alleviation – The Case of Great Apes in Africa (pages 173–190): Chris Sandbrook and Dilys RoeChapter 12 Community?Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) and Reducing Poverty in Namibia (pages 191–205): Brian T. B. Jones, Anna Davis, Lara Diez and Richard W. DiggleChapter 13 Conservation Enterprise: What Works, Where and for Whom? (pages 206–221): Joanna Elliott and Daudi SumbaChapter 14 Payments for Environmental Services: Conservation with Pro?Poor Benefits (pages 223–238): Sven Wunder and Jan BornerChapter 15 Pastoralism and Conservation –Who Benefits? (pages 239–252): Katherine Homewood, Pippa Chenevix Trench and Dan BrockingtonChapter 16 Local Organisations – An Entry Point for Conservation and Poverty Reduction (pages 253–269): David H. L. ThomasChapter 17 Poverty Reduction Isn't Just about Money: Community Perceptions of Conservation Benefits (pages 270–285): Fikret BerkesChapter 18 Biodiversity, Poverty and Climate Change: New Challenges and Opportunities (pages 287–303): Kathy MackinnonChapter 19 Conservation in the Anthropocene: Biodiversity, Poverty and Sustainability (pages 304–315): William M. AdamsChapter 20 Tackling Global Poverty: What Contribution Can Biodiversity and Its Conservation Really Make? (pages 316–327): Dilys Roe, Joanna Elliott, Chris Sandbrook and Matt Walpole