‘How to address conservation, reduce poverty’

Latest reports emanating from a book on ‘Poverty, Biodiversity and Local Organisations: Lessons from BirdLife International’ has outlined how to address conservation and reduce poverty.

A copy of book made available to NaijaAgroNet, showed that there are steps to be taken combating conservation and poverty reduction through working with local organisations.

The author, Mr. David Thomas gave three examples, siting South America (Bolivia) one from Africa (Uganda) and one from Asia (Nepal), which illustrated how BirdLife’s partners have worked with local organisations as an entry point to achieving conservation and poverty reduction.

He revealed that working in partnership with local organisations ensures that environment and poverty are addressed in a more holistic way, as experienced and understood by local people.

Additionally, they stated that it also has benefits in terms of sustainability, efficiency, legitimacy and respect for rights. Read more

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Expert decries rate of biodiversity growth

Biodiversity expert at BirdLife International, Mr. David Thomas has decried the rate of biodiversity growth across the globe.

According to him, the global targets to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss significantly by 2010 have not been met, and the rate of biodiversity loss does not appear to be slowing.

“At the same time, targets to reduce human poverty worldwide are also off track,” he said, stressing that this dual challenge has led to a search for effective mechanisms and entry points through which conservation and development objectives could be addressed together.

He also said that both conservation and development sectors, within their own sphere of interest, have advocated the importance of local participation and partnership between conservation agencies and local people. Read more

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