This report is the third PCLG output supported by the Arcus Foundation grant. The purpose of this report is to document current efforts to link great ape conservation and poverty reduction in the African, ape range states. It is intended to provide a quick inventory of which organisations are working in which countries and using which approaches in order to highlight potential areas of collaboration and/or potential sources of experience and lessons learned. It is also intended to highlight other initiatives that are intended to link environmental management with social concerns - poverty reduction, governance, economic development - with a view to encouraging greater linkages between these initiatives and those that are focussed on conservation.
PCLG International Symposium:
IIED, with PCLG members UNEP-WCMC and AWF recently organised an international symposium titled "Linking biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction: what, why and how?". The symposium took place on 28th and 29th April 2010 and was hosted by the Zoological Society of London. Recognising that the CBD 2010 target includes ‘contributing to poverty reduction’ as a key rationale for halting biodiversity loss, the aim of the symposium was to review what we actually know about the degree to which biodiversity conservation contributes to poverty reduction.
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NEW!!! Report of the Symposium "Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Reduction: What, Why and How?"NEW!!! Does Conserving Biodiversity Work To Reduce Poverty? A state of knowledge reviewPresentations abstractsPosters abstractsJournal articles on the symposium:
NatureNews: Conservation's poverty reduction claims questionedSciDev.net: Study pinpoints whether conservation can fight povertyPhotos from the symposium have been uploaded on the
PCLG Ning websiteThe presentations from the symposium are available to view below
9.30–10.00
Linking biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction: how, what and where?Dilys Roe, Joanna Elliott and Matt Walpole
SESSION I: KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS – THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
10.00–10.30
Poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation: an economic perspectivePavan Sukhdev, Heidi Wittmer and Uta Berghöfer
10.30–11.00
Biodiversity and poverty: a political perspectiveBill Adams
SESSION II: BIODIVERSITY–POVERTY LINKAGES – STATE OF KNOWLEDGE REVIEWS
11.30–12.00
The geographical overlap between biodiversity and poverty: a state of knowledge reviewMonica Hernandez Morcillo, Philip Martin and Matt Walpole
12.00–12.30
Dependence of the poor on biodiversity – which poor, what biodiversity?Bhaskar Vira and Andreas Kontoleon
12.30–13.00
Biodiversity as a poverty trap, safety net or route out of poverty?Craig Leisher and Neil Larsen
SESSION III: BIODIVERSITY–POVERTY LINKAGES FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF POOR PEOPLE
14.00–14.30
From Sahelian agropastoralism to global drylands: biodiversity-poverty linkagesMichael Mortimore
14.30–15.00
Pastoralists and conservation – who benefits? Katherine Homewood, Pippa Chenevix Trench and Dan Brockington
15.00–15.30
Forest conservation and poor peopleBrian Belcher
16.00–16.30
Biodiversity and poverty in coastal environmentsJock Campbell and Phil Townsley
16.30–17.00
Biodiversity: a strategic value in resilient food systems Willy Douma
SESSION IV: DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND THEIR POVERTY IMPLICATIONS
9.00–9.30
Payments for environmental services – benefits for conservation and poor peopleSven Wunder and Jan Börner
9.30–10.00 Conservation priority areas, poverty, and payments for ecosystem services: a global view
Will Turner, Thomas Brooks and Katrina Brandon
10.00–10.30
Species conservation and poverty reduction: Experiences from African great ape conservationChris Sandbrook
11.00–11.30
Community-based approaches for linking conservation and livelihood objectivesFikret Berkes
11.30–12.00
Conservation enterprise – what works, where and for whom?Daudi Sumba and Joanna Elliott
12.00–12.30
Protected areas and human well-being: benefits, costs and governance regimesDan Brockington and George Holmes
12.30–13.00
CBD – framework for poverty reduction and development beyond 2010Alberto Vega
14.00-15.00 SESSION V: “REAL WORLD” EXPERIENCE
Approaches to conservation and poverty reduction: entry point – working with local organisationsDavid Thomas
Entry point – natural resource governancePhil Franks
Namibia: Entry point – national policy and programmesBrian Jones
Entry point – celebrating local success in linking conservation and poverty reductionEileen de Ravin
welcome
The Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) is a forum for promoting dialogue and fostering learning between key stakeholders, from a range of backgrounds, on the links between biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction. One of our key strategies for accomplishing this is to collect, synthesise and disseminate relevant information. This website is our key mechanism for sharing and dissemination of information and experience on conservation-poverty linkages. The site is centred on four key, fully searchable, databases:
- A bibliographic database provides details of the literature on conservation-poverty linkages. It can be searched for publications by specific organisations or types of organisations; by subject area; by geographic focus; by author; or by key word.
- An organisations database highlights the range of organisations working on conservation-poverty linkages - including donor agencies, conservation organisations, NGOs, indigenous people's organisations and grassroots groups.
- An initiatives database describes significant international initiatives designed to explore the links between conservation and poverty reduction - from broad poverty-environment programmes to focused single-issue agendas.
- A case studies database is capturing practical, on-the-ground experience in linking conservation and poverty reduction and documenting the strategies employed in making these linkages. To date there are limited examples of case studies that have succeeded in measuring and monitoring both poverty and conservation impacts. We would particularly welcome additional contributions to this database. [temporarily withdrawn]
The databases are designed to continually evolve and we would welcome your contributions at any time, as well as any updates or comments on the accuracy and relevance of the existing entries.
As well as the databases, the website:
- Lists learning events organised or supported by the PCLG.
- Contains a section for posting Learning Group documents (including thinkpieces, position papers, workshop proceedings, archived newsletters).
- Hosts a practitioners exchange forum to facilitate rapid exchange of information, post requests for assistance and so on from project managers, protected area officials and others.
- Functions as a web portal, providing links to other sites of interest, members institutional sites, related databases, networks and so on.
- Includes links to useful methodologies and tools that can assist either in integrating social issues in conservation policy and planning, or in mainstreaming biodiversity issues into poverty reduction policy and planning.