Two state of knowledge reviews were commissioned to explore the evidence base for two common assumptions about the link between biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction: 1) that the poor depend on biodiversity; and 2) that biodiversity conservation can be a mechanism for poverty reduction. These attempt to tease apart the issues of what type of poverty and what type of biodiversity are being assessed.
Includes bibliographic references. The state of knowledge reviews reproduced in this report were commissioned by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) as a contribution to a symposium Linking Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Reduction: What, Why and How? organized by IIED, UNEP-WCMC and the African Wildlife Foundation, and hosted by the Zoological Society of London, April 28th and 29th 2010.