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    Poverty, poaching and trafficking: what are the links?

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    This paper looks into the links between poverty, poaching and trafficking, indicating that this subject has been under-researched and poorly understood. The paper admits that there is little hard evidence to support the claim that poaching occurs because of poverty, yet the authors state they are confident the links are there.
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    Wild resources and livelihoods of poor households in Democratic Republic of Congo

    Overseas Development Institute, 2003
    Wild foods including bushmeat have long been recognised as important famine foods underpinning coping strategies for poor people. Yet there is mounting pressure from conservation agencies to limit the extraction of wild resources, particularly bushmeat.
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    The governance of nature and the nature of governance: policy that works for biodiversity and livelihoods

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This report is an output of IIED’s collaborative research project “Policy that works for biodiversity and poverty reduction” and is based on a literature review and three country case studies (India, Peru and Tanzania).
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    Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas. Targets for comprehensive protected area systems

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2007
    Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) represent discrete sites that are globally vulnerable, irreplaceable, and commonly, the last remaining strongholds for many threatened and geographically concentrated species.
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    The environment and poverty times

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2008
    The paper features a collection of short articles that focus on the complex links between environment and poverty reduction. The articles discuss how natural resources can contribute to economic growth that also benefits the poor.
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    Links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: situation analysis for arid and semi-arid lands in southern Africa

    Eldis Poverty Resource Guide, 2008
    Humans have always depended upon natural ecosystems to supply a range of services useful for their survival and well-being. However, with widespread urbanisation, modernisation, and globalisation, along with the primacy of capitalist economic models, the obvious reliance of humans on ecosystems has become diluted for many, and difficult to maintain for others.
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    Trends in sustainable development

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2008
    This report highlights key developments and recent sustainability trends in agriculture, rural development, land, desertification and drought, five of the six themes being considered by the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at its 16th and 17th sessions (2008-2009).
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    Safety net: protected areas and poverty reduction

    WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2008
    This report looks at the role of protected areas in poverty reduction, focusing primarily on the poorest countries and on poor communities within those countries. The publication seeks to specifically review five linked questions:
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    Universidad de las Américas, Mexico (UDLA)

    The Universidad de las Américas (UDLA) is a private university located in Puebla, Mexico.
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    Scientific American

    This site contains news of events and happenings in the world of science and technology.

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