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Factsheet - Protected Areas

… directly to the global agenda for sustainable development, poverty reduction and maintaining cultures n As many existing … in developing countries, overlap with areas of high rural poverty, they increasingly feature in national poverty reduction programme strategies as potential sources …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation

… research into rights-based approaches (RBAs) to reduce poverty and benefit conservation has been focused on the … Development Goals, particularly MDG 1 to eradicate extreme poverty; MDG 3 to promote gender equality and empower women; … resources underpin national economic development and poverty reduction prospects, the government is acutely aware …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… Programme, Working for Woodlands, South Africa: Poverty, carbon and restoration 80 6.5 Applying traditional … (Troya & Curtis, 1998). To support societal goals such as poverty alleviation, sustainable livelihoods, human health etc. Poverty can lead to environmental degradation, so restoration …
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The Durban accord

… vital organs of the Earth. We see 3,000,000,000 people in poverty, gripped by daily struggles for survival. We see the … shifts. We celebrate protected areas as contributors to poverty reduction and economic development and as creators … that strives to reduce, and in no way exacer- bates, poverty. We urge commitment to protected area management that …
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Connectivity Conservation: International Experience in Planning, Establishment and Management of Biodiversity Corridors

… when community needs, including livelihood security and poverty alleviation, are taken into account at the planning … poorest. Reflecting the national and global commitment to poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals and … that affect social and economic well-being, especially poverty reduction. A problem for many connectivity …
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Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers

… encroachment by outsiders, disrespectful tourism, poverty and population dynamics, degradation of neighbouring … a whole range of pressures ranging from land-use change, poverty, urbanization, demographic movements and 5 1 … Recog- nise that in many parts of the world poverty is a cause of the degradation of sacred natural …
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Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.

… can it be done by leaving rural communities in a state of poverty (this is morally unacceptable, of course, but in any … In Russia, about 40% of the population lives under the poverty line. These people are not interested in the … Kolbasov said that 40% of the population lives under the poverty line in the Russian Federation and is therefore not …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… and sustainable development challenges, including poverty, climate change and biodiversity loss. Adoption of … health, and energy supply, with further implications for poverty, conflict and human displacement. Drivers of land … and contributes to climate change, biodiversity loss and poverty. It contributes to loss of adaptive capacity, …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

African solutions in a rapidly changing world: nature-based solutions to climate change by African innovators in protected areas

… has the potential to make an important contribution to poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation. Realizing … supporting agro-forestry, equitable benefits sharing and poverty reduction, the Ekuri Initiative has addressed … fire and flood, as well as food insecurity, illiteracy and poverty in Ekuri community in Cross River State, Nigeria. …
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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

… Did activities have an impact on livelihoods/ poverty reduction/ human wellbeing/ economy locally or … Odisha has been identified as one of the world’s disaster-poverty hotspots, where exposure and sensitivity to natural … largest population concentration of severe and extreme poverty and these communities are frequently impacted by …
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