Reducing Poverty and Sustaining the Environment by Stephen Bass (9781844071159)

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There are growing concerns and recognition that some development work by governments, aid agencies and NGOs ignores poor peoples dependence on environmental quality. There are also signs that some environmental work is pushing anti-people protection methodologies. This volume is the first to address the role of politics in environmental issues that matter to the poor and to examine the important links between poverty and environment. The book demonstrates how working within the national and local political context is crucial for addressing povertyenvironment issues, such as environmental health, access to key natural resources for livelihoods, security and coping with environmental disasters. The editors advocate ways in which stakeholders can progress beyond bemoaning the lack of political will, and show how political processes can be used to change things for the better from both poverty reduction and environmental perspectives.

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