Poverty and biodiversity: Measuring the overlap of human poverty and the biodiversity hotspots

By B. Fisher, Treg A. Christopher. 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Global and Planetary Change

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An evaluation of monetary and non-monetary techniques for assessing the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services to people in countries with developing economies (2012, background): “Much of the World's biological resources are located in least developed countries (LDCs) (Fisher and Christopher, 2007) and it is likely that the drivers of change will have a disproportionately higher impact on biodiversity in these countries (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, ”
Is voluntary certification of tropical agricultural commodities achieving sustainability goals for small-scale producers? A review of the evidence (2017, background): “Third, habitat conservation is a major factor in sustainable supply chains from an environmental viewpoint and most of the world’s biodiversity is located in the humid tropics (Fisher and Christopher 2007).”
Connecting SDG 14 with the other Sustainable Development Goals through marine spatial planning (2017, background): “Human rights agreements were also mentioned during the SDG negotiations as a means of ensuring that the designation of marine protected areas (MPAs) does not harm local communities, and that the regulation of ocean-based economic activities is conducive to the protection of the rights of women and c”
Parameterization of biodiversity–productivity relationship and its scale dependency using georeferenced tree‐level data (2019, background): “…et al., 2016; Zhou, 2017), conservation prioritization (Brooks et al., 2006) and poverty relief (Adams et al., 2004; Barrett, Travis, & Dasgupta, 2011; Fisher & Christopher, 2007), quantifying BPRs has been an elusive task until recent theoretical advances shed light on its underlying mechanisms.”
Payments for ecosystem services: A review and comparison of developing and industrialized countries (2013, background): “Many authors highlight the link between poverty, biodiversity hotspots and environmental degradation (Fisher and Christopher, 2007; Sunderlin et al., 2007) and that poor people suffer most from ES loss (Barbier, 2008).”