Does Conserving Biodiversity Work to Reduce Poverty? A State of Knowledge Review

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 143-159

  Leisher, Craig ^a   Sanjayan, M ^a   Blockhus, Jill ^a   Larsen, S Neil ^a   Kontoleon, Andreas ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

10 conservation interventions; Conservation and poverty impact; Local poverty reduction; MA for the poor; PES and bioprospecting; Poverty alleviation evidence; Poverty reduction conservation; The locals and conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887351290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118428351.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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