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The Role of the Environment in Poverty Alleviation .................17007$ $$FM 08-12-0813:14:30 PS PAGEi PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT LECTURE SERIES TheSustainableDevelopmentLegalInitiative(SDLI)oftheLeitnerCenterfor InternationalLawandJusticeatFordhamUniversitySchoolofLaworganizes an annual lecture series on environment and development, in cooperation withtheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme(UNDP),TheWildlifeCon- servationSociety(WCS),andFordhamUniversity’sGraduateSchoolofArts& Sciences.Everyspring,thepartnersselectabroadissuewithinthesustainable developmentthemeandorganizeaseriesoflectureswithexpertpanelists. Pastseries,heldincooperationwithTheNatureConservancy,examinedCon- serving Biodiversity in the Developing World, The Role of Environment in Poverty Alleviation, and (Mis)Conceptions and Changing Perceptions: The Role of Markets, Education, and Media. The 2008 lecture series focuses on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), a rapidly evolvingmarketforthepaymentofecosystemservicesthathasseveralcritical implicationsforclimate,poverty,andbiodiversity. FordhamUniversityPresspublishesacompanionseriesbasedontheannual lectureseries,beginningwithTheRoleoftheEnvironmentinPovertyAllevia- tion. ThePress willpublish newvolumes basedon thecorresponding panel discussions; the books draw on the lectures and also include contributions fromotherexpertsinthefield. .................17007$ $$FM 08-12-0813:14:30 PS PAGEii The Role of the Environment in Poverty Alleviation PAOLO GALIZZI, EDITOR ALENA HERKLOTZ, ASSOCIATE EDITOR FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK 2008 .................17007$ $$FM 08-12-0813:14:31 PS PAGEiii Copyright(cid:2)2008FordhamUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybe reproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted inanyformorbyanymeans—electronic,mechanical, photocopy,recording,oranyother—exceptforbrief quotationsinprintedreviews,withoutthepriorpermis- sionofthepublisher. FordhamUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthe persistenceoraccuracyofURLsforexternalorthird- partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Theroleoftheenvironmentinpovertyalleviation/ PaoloGalizzi,editor.—1sted. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-8232-2802-7(cloth:alk.paper)— ISBN978-0-8232-2803-4(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Economicdevelopment—Environmentalaspects. 2.Sustainabledevelopment. 3.Poverty—Environ- mentalaspects. 4.Poverty—Prevention—Environ- mentalaspects. I.Galizzi,Paolo. HD75.6.R644 2008 362.5(cid:2)6—dc22 2008022283 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 Firstedition .................17007$ $$FM 08-12-0813:14:31 PS PAGEiv ToJimLeitner,forhisfriendship,vision,andhumanity —pg ToAdamandBrittanyLevinson,withgratitudeandrecognitionfortheirsupport —ah .................17007$ $$FM 08-12-0813:14:31 PS PAGEv .................17007$ $$FM 08-12-0813:14:32 PS PAGEvi 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 .................17007$ CNTS 08-12-0813:14:37 PS PAGEvii viii (cid:3) Contents 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 .................17007$ CNTS 08-12-0813:14:37 PS PAGEviii Contents (cid:3) ix PART IV LegalEmpowermentof thePoor 13.TheCommissiononLegalEmpowermentofthePoor NareshSingh 305 14.OpportunitiesinEnvironmentalStewardship: ClimateChangeandLegalEmpowermentoftheRuralPoor OlavKjørvenandEstelleFach 329 conclusion 356 PaoloGalizziandAlenaHerklotz index 359 .................17007$ CNTS 08-12-0813:14:37 PS PAGEix .................17007$ CNTS 08-12-0813:14:37 PS PAGEx

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