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Livelihoods & Vulnerability in the Arid & Semi-Arid Lands of Southern Africa - Exploring the Links Between Ecosystem Services & Poverty Alleviation (Hardcover)
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Livelihoods & Vulnerability in the Arid & Semi-Arid Lands of Southern Africa - Exploring the Links Between Ecosystem Services & Poverty Alleviation (Hardcover)
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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. The
importance of ecosystems in providing the services that underpin
every single productive and spiritual activity of humankind has
been suppressed in the consciousness of many, and so ecosystems are
mismanaged, abused and degraded. So too, the struggle for daily
survival of others, many of whom may have a keen appreciation of
the importance of ecosystem services in their everyday lives. The
purpose of the book is to provide evidence for policy analysts,
decision-makers and researchers of the significant links between
the health of ecosystems and human well-being, based on a review of
literature and case studies from the arid and semi-arid lands of
southern Africa. The argument is that a neglect and abuse of
ecosystem goods and services exacerbates poverty, especially for
the already vulnerable and marginalised who typically have
inadequate options or capital to address these negative effects.
Consequently, investment in, and wise management of, ecosystem
goods and services can prevent a deepening of poverty.
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