Table Of ContentThe Role of the Environment
in Poverty Alleviation
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PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT LECTURE SERIES
TheSustainableDevelopmentLegalInitiative(SDLI)oftheLeitnerCenterfor
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Pastseries,heldincooperationwithTheNatureConservancy,examinedCon-
serving Biodiversity in the Developing World, The Role of Environment in
Poverty Alleviation, and (Mis)Conceptions and Changing Perceptions: The
Role of Markets, Education, and Media. The 2008 lecture series focuses on
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), a rapidly
evolvingmarketforthepaymentofecosystemservicesthathasseveralcritical
implicationsforclimate,poverty,andbiodiversity.
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The Role of the Environment
in Poverty Alleviation
PAOLO GALIZZI, EDITOR
ALENA HERKLOTZ, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK 2008
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CONTENTS
list of contributors xi
foreword
JeanmarieFenrich,OlavKjørven,
SteveMcCormick,andJosephM.McShane xxiii
preface xxvii
PaoloGalizziandAlenaHerklotz
introduction xxxi
PaoloGalizziandAlenaHerklotz
PART I
PovertyReductionandtheEnvironment
AreNotOpposingGoals
1. AdvancingaNewParadigm:InstitutionalandPolicyBreakthroughs
TowardPovertyReductionandSoundEnvironmentalManagement
ElspethHalversonandCharlesI.McNeill 3
2. ManagingEnvironmentalWealthforPovertyReduction:AReview
DavidPearce 30
3. Ecoagriculture:Agriculture,EnvironmentalConservation,
andPovertyReductionataLandscapeScale
SaraScherr,JeffreyA.McNeely,andSethShames 64
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4. ConservingBiodiversityandEnsuringSustainableLivelihoods:
SustainableProductionandConsumptioninGlobalSupplyChains
TensieWhelan 87
5. RestoringEcosystemsandRenewingLives:
TheStoryofMhaswandi,aOnce-PoorVillageinIndia
MarcellaD’SouzaandCrispinoLobo 121
PART II
InvestingintheEnvironment,ProtectingCommunities
fromNaturalDisasters
6. TheInternationalDisasterRiskReductionRegime:Escapingthe
CycleofPovertyandTragedy
AlenaHerklotz 145
7. UnanticipatedConsequencesoftheTsunamiResponse
AnnieMaxwell 169
8. LessonsfromHurricaneKatrina
SachaThompson 187
PART III
Knowledge NecessarytoMeetPoverty-AlleviationGoals
9. KnowledgeNecessarytoMeetPoverty-AlleviationGoals
GillianMartinMehers,ElisabethCrudgington,andKeithWheeler 217
10.ConservationInformation
Jean-LouisEcochard 230
11.BuildingEnterprisestoReachLow-IncomeMarkets
YasminaZaidman,HelenNg,andAdrienCouton 253
12.IncludingNaturalCapitalinEnvironmentalDecisionMaking
HeatherTallis,GretchenC.Daily,JoyGrant,PeterKareiva,
andTaylorRicketts 272
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Contents (cid:3) ix
PART IV
LegalEmpowermentof thePoor
13.TheCommissiononLegalEmpowermentofthePoor
NareshSingh 305
14.OpportunitiesinEnvironmentalStewardship:
ClimateChangeandLegalEmpowermentoftheRuralPoor
OlavKjørvenandEstelleFach 329
conclusion 356
PaoloGalizziandAlenaHerklotz
index 359
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