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Adams (2004)
Poverty and conservation should be tackled together. Response to environmental decline since the 19th century has been protected areas yet this has also had negative impacts on poverty through the loss of land.
Who argues that poverty and conservation should be tackled together
Adams (2004)
What do economists argue
That as economies grow they can invest in cleaner technologies and less resource depleting processes - environmental Kuznets curve
Extension of sustainable development definition
In the 1992 Rio World Conference and 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the concept of sustainable development was extended to include justice, equity, and the elimination of poverty (Adams, 2004).
Are protected areas seen as a form of sustainable development (Adams, 2004)
No because enforcing protected areas to protect biodiversity worsens the poverty of local people.
Zoomers (2017)
The majority of the rural poor are no longer investing in agriculture, but have a broad range fo income sources whereas their land is mainly sued for subsistence farming
Who argues that the majority of the rural poor are no longer investing in agriculture
Zoomers (2017)
