Biodiversity and Poverty

There is an increasing interest the opportunities that conservation in the broader production landscape can afford as means or outcome of poverty alleviation. The Bank is currently examining the links between agriculture and biodiversity across its rural development portfolio.

• The World Bank and Biodiversity: 1988-2005, February 2006
• Helping Communities that Depend on Aquatic Biodiversity, January 2006
• Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Development: Case Studies from South Africa, August 2002
• Biological Resource Management - Integrating Biodiversity Concerns in Rural Development Projects and Programs, January 2002
• Conserving and Managing Biodiversity in Drylands Ecosystems, September 2000 (583 Kb PDF)
• Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Agricultural Development - Toward Good Practice: Global Overlays Program, 1997
• Biodiversity and Agriculture: Implications for Conservation and Development, May 1996