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BIODIVERSITY & POVERTY ALLEVIATION
source: http://cmsdata.iucn.org/
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The world's areas with the richest biodiversity are often occupied by the poorest people: this implies a strong linkage between nature conservation and poverty alleviation…
- while global economic forces may be driving the loss of biodiversity, the impacts of this loss are felt at the local level. Helping the rural poor to manage their resources more effectively will also help to ensure biodiversity;
- the local knowledge that people have about their resources and how these resources should be managed provides a critical resource for all of humanity. Indigenous peoples who live in intimate contact with biodiversity could provide much of the intellectual raw material for a shift to sustainable societies, provided they are empowered to act in their own self-interest.
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