What is it about?
There is an explicit assumption in international policy statements that biodiversity can help in efforts to tackle global poverty. This systematic map was stimulated by an interest in better understanding the evidence behind this assumption by disaggregating the terms and asking - as our review question - which components or attributes of biodiversity influence which dimensions of poverty?
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Why is it important?
A total of 387 studies were included in the final systematic map. Of these 248 met our additional criteria that studies should include a measure of the contribution to poverty alleviation. Very few studies explored the underpinning role of biodiversity in ecosystem service delivery for poverty alleviation, and fewer investigated the benefits of diversity as a form of insurance or adaptive capacity. This is where we suggest research should be prioritised.
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This paper is an important contribution to understanding the link between poverty and biodiversity. It is of interest to conservation practitioners, development workers, researchers and policy makers.
Mr Mxolisi Sibanda
University of Cambridge
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This page is a summary of: Which components or attributes of biodiversity influence which dimensions of poverty?, Environmental Evidence, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2382-3-3.
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