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| Chronic poverty and the environment: a vulnerability perspective |
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The relationships between poverty and the environment are highly contested. This paper highlights some of the key thinking on poverty-environment relationships, and introduces a framework focusing on the importance of environmental vulnerability in explaining poverty dynamics.
Lucy Scott (Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC))
The relationship between environmental sustainability and poverty is two-fold. From an environmental perspective poverty is often seen as a key driving force behind unsustainable environmental use. In relation to poverty reduction though, the environmental aspect of sustainability is often neglected. This is despite the fact that the poor are the most exposed to environmental changes and are the most reliant on access to natural resources for their livelihood and coping strategies. Environmental change then, can drive poverty. For the chronically poor, assets which can buffer against environmental hazards and entitlements to good-quality environmental resources are important.
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