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Biodiversity, poverty, and development

Palmer, Charles ORCID: 0000-0002-1252-179X and Di Falco, Salvatore (2012) Biodiversity, poverty, and development. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 28 (1). pp. 48-68. ISSN 0266-903X

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Identification Number: 10.1093/oxrep/grs008

Abstract

Biodiversity is crucial for the production of a range of marketed and non-marketed ecosystem goods and services. This paper reviews the empirical evidence for the role of terrestrial biodiversity and biodiversity conservation in economic development and poverty, at both the macro (e.g. country) and micro (e.g. farm) scales. It first examines general relationships between biodiversity and economic development before showing how biodiversity influences ecosystem services. Second, future scenarios and challenges for biodiversity and development are examined, given projections for further changes in global population, economic growth, and consumption. Third, the relationship between biodiversity protection and incomes is investigated. Two specific policies, protected areas and bioprospecting, are reviewed with respect to their impacts on the welfare of the resource-dependent poor. In conclusion, improvements in policy design and implementation could help minimize the possibility of earth's sixth mass extinction event, at least within a few generations, while ensuring that the poor are not made worse off as a result of policy implementation.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://oxrep.oxfordjournals.org/
Additional Information: © 2012 The Authors
Divisions: Geography & Environment
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
JEL classification: O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q0 - General > Q00 - General
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation
Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics
Date Deposited: 22 Oct 2012 08:48
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2024 04:18
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/46895

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