Reduction of poverty is a tremendous and persistent challenge for
the global community. Given that the livelihood of millions is at
stake, there is an urgent need to reconsider the causes of and the
remedies for poverty. Poverty and its reduction are closely linked
to the natural-resources base. The quality and bounty of the local
environment certainly affect living conditions of the poor and
their poverty is often seen as a contributing factor to the
degraded condition of the local environment. Teasing apart the
direction of causality in this resourcea "poverty nexus is a
serious empirical challenge.
This book contributes to an improved understanding of the
economic dimensions of environmental and natural-resource
management and poverty alleviation. The ten chapters of the book
offer an overview of the current knowledge concerning the relation
between poverty, environment and natural-resource use. Three sides
of the debate receive particular attention. First, the relation
between resource use and poverty is discussed from a theoretical
point of view. Second, it is questioned whether payments for
environmental services or considering values of resources can be an
effective tool for stimulating both sustainable resource use and
poverty alleviation. Third, alternative strategies to break the
land degradationa "poverty cycle are discussed.
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