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AUTHOR
Nicole Gross-camp
Rethinking common assumptions on linkages between protected areas and human well-being
International policies on conservation and protected areas now emphasise a pro-poor approach and equitable management with participation by local communities. Many protected areas are now established and managed based on the premise that there are synergistic relationships between human well-being and environmental outcomes. Through a review of the academic literature and expert interviews, we investigate five common assumptions in protected area conservation pertaining to these synergies: (1) Conservation is pro-poor; (2) Poverty reduction benefits conservation; (3) Compensation neutralizes conservation costs; (4) Participation is good for conservation; (5) Resource tenure underpins long-t…
Human Wellbeing – Nature relationships in rural Sub-Saharan Africa – developing a protocol for the consideration of the natural environmental in multi-dimensional poverty indices
The natural environment is included in several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the first SDG of eradicating poverty. In countries like Rwanda and Malawi, despite repeated emphasis of the dependence on natural resources of the rural poor, the wellbeing-nature links have not been detailed or quantified. One step towards quantification of these links would be to integrate environmental indicators into multidimensional poverty indices. However, socially legitimacy of such indicators is a prerequisite. Building on [1], who demonstrate that in some places there is a conceptual grounding for including the environment as a constituent element in wellbeing measures, we aimed to deter…