Policies for Biodiversity Conservation
The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9899860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Perrings (0000-0002-4580-3697, University of York, corresponding author), Jon Lovett (University of York) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 281-305 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2346.00073 |
| OpenAlex | W1982957511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Why does biodiversity conservation matter, and what can be done about it? The article discusses the options in the case of Sub-Saharan Africa, drawing on the results of a Darwin Initiative project on the ecology and economics of biodiversity conservation in the continent. It uses the case of Sub-Saharan Africa to illustrate both the consequences of biodiversity loss and the constraints within which policy-makers operate. To most people the biodiversity loss that matters is not the global extinction of species, but the effects of local change in flora and fauna on watershed protection, soil conservation, habitat, productivity and amenity. For this reason, biodiversity conservation concerns even the poorest communities. But because poverty, indebtedness, insecurity of land tenure and other social conditions affect the way in which people respond to incentives, the policy options for biodiversity conservation may be different in different parts of the world
Agricultural biodiversity · Agroforestry · Biodiversity · Biodiversity conservation · Biology · Deforestation (computer science · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Geography · Habitat destruction · Incentive · Measurement of biodiversity · Natural resource economics · Poverty · Productivity · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |