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Poverty, Conservation, and Health: Responding to the Challenges of Human Welfare in the Asia-Pacific Region
Total Project Cost : $266,000
PEP Financing : $175,000
Approval Date : 30 June 2004
Implementing Agency : World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Project Officer : David McCauley, Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Type of Intervention : Analytical Study
Objectives
Aims to improve understanding of the complex synergies among poverty, health and the environment to support the countries of Asia and the Pacific address these challenges and achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Poverty-Environment Linkage
The analytical study seeks to explore the state of knowledge on poverty-health-environment relationship and better understand issues of governance, rights, and responsibilities as fundamental links between conservation and human well-being.
Expected Outputs/Outcomes
- Publication and CD-ROM describing the "state of the art" knowledge on how conservation and sustainable resource use enhance poverty reduction
- Case studies peer reviewed at the 3rd World Conservation Congress (WCC) by internationally recognized experts and regional practitioners knowledgeable on poverty-biodiversity-health nexus, IUCN and other WCC participants
- Successful models for environmental protection and conservation and sustainable use
- Strategy for biodiversity investment
- Specific investments identified for ADB and IUCN programs
Major Components and Activities
- Case studies and their peer reviews at the Third World Conservation Congress targeted at successful examples of how improvements in natural resources and the asset base of the poor will improve their health and livelihood
- Documentation of successful models for environmental protection and conservation and sustainable use that lead to better health and sustainable livelihood development
- Publication of a peer reviewed publication for wide dissemination
Status : Ongoing
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