The paper features a collection of short articles, maps, graphics and other illustrations that focuses on the complex links between environment and poverty reduction. It describes how natural resources can contribute to economic growth that also benefits the poor. It shows how the right mixture of entrepreneurship, investments and enabling policies at the national and international levels can create economic opportunities for people to move beyond subsistence levels.

Tags: Africa agriculture Asia biofuels climate change development energy environmental crime environment and poverty fisheries forests land use marine environment mining natural resources rainforests soil water wetlands