'This book aims to inspire the conservation community not to regard poverty reduction as someone else's job but to take responsibility for it as part of ecosyst

First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation are both important societal goals demanding increasing international attention. While they may seem to be unre

Nearly 90 percent of the earth's land surface is directly affected by human infrastructure and activities, yet less than 5 percent is legally "protected" for bi

In 2002, the Conference of Parties set a target to "achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the cur- rent rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional a