Natural Resources and the Poor : Introduction to a Special Issue of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research
Natural resources, unless of commercial interest, are hardly a prominent concern of most policy-makers. A certain complacency seems to prevail in which too little is done to increase the productivity and sustainability of the natural resource base on which the rural poor continue to rely for low-...
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okr-10986-133982021-04-23T14:03:08Z Natural Resources and the Poor : Introduction to a Special Issue of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research Heltberg, Rasmus moimbo subsistence biomass fuels biodiversity conservation policy livelihoods needs forest and wildlife management payment for environmental services game management areas PES improved stoves buffer zones decentralized management reducing emissions deforestation forest degradation REDD Natural resources, unless of commercial interest, are hardly a prominent concern of most policy-makers. A certain complacency seems to prevail in which too little is done to increase the productivity and sustainability of the natural resource base on which the rural poor continue to rely for low-productivity semi-subsistence livelihoods. Natural resources remain integral to the livelihoods of billions in developing countries, providing food, fuels, water, biodiversity, raw materials, spiritual fulfillment, and more; they are also vital for the development prospects of many countries. It is therefore surprising that not more attention is paid to them. The status quo is not sustainable. Traditional low-productivity natural resource-based livelihoods do not lift people out of poverty; such livelihoods offer little more than a precarious subsistence survival at the margins of the global economy.The five new research papers in this special issue describe an uneasy and sometimes unhealthy co-existence between natural resources and the poor. 2013-05-14T14:17:39Z 2013-05-14T14:17:39Z 2010-01-11 Journal Article Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13398 en_US Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research;2(1) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Journal Article |
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Natural resources, unless of commercial interest, are hardly a prominent concern of most
policy-makers. A certain complacency seems to prevail in which too little is done to
increase the productivity and sustainability of the natural resource base on which the rural
poor continue to rely for low-productivity semi-subsistence livelihoods. Natural resources
remain integral to the livelihoods of billions in developing countries, providing food,
fuels, water, biodiversity, raw materials, spiritual fulfillment, and more; they are also vital
for the development prospects of many countries. It is therefore surprising that not more
attention is paid to them. The status quo is not sustainable. Traditional low-productivity natural resource-based livelihoods do not lift people out of poverty; such livelihoods offer little more than a precarious subsistence survival at the margins of the global economy.The five new research papers in this special issue describe an uneasy and sometimes unhealthy co-existence between natural resources and the poor. |
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Natural Resources and the Poor : Introduction to a Special Issue of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research |
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natural resources and the poor : introduction to a special issue of the journal of natural resources policy research |
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