Biodiversity Conservation and the Poor: Practical Issues beyond Global Conferences
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2013-08
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Scientific Research
Abstract
The paper focuses on biodiversity—an issue that easily gets left out of consideration because it is hard to measure.
While efforts to reduce over-fishing or conservation of water resources are relatively easy to discuss in quantitative
terms, biodiversity in terms of plant species is usually covered by crude and even invalid figures. The paper begins by
providing a brief historical overview of attempts to define biodiversity, going back to the early efforts in Africa to deal
with conservation and showing how definitions have evolved overtime and how they have shaped conservation efforts.
While the main focus of the paper is biodiversity conservation and the poor, the paper makes references to the World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and other important global conferences including the World Conference
on Environment and Development and Convention on Biological Diversity. The paper finds that international conferences
by and large do not adequately address the issue of biodiversity and the poor. The limited commitment shown by
political leaders at the conferences should be a reason for global and local authorities to create an environment that enables
communities to meet their daily needs, foster development and conserve biodiversity.
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Biodiversity, Conservation, Conferences
Citation
Dungumaro, E.W., 2013. Biodiversity Conservation and the Poor: Practical Issues beyond Global Conferences. Natural Resources, 4(4), p.333.