Overview
- Explores the role of ecology in addressing the many dimensions of poverty alleviation, such as health, hunger, economic well-being, gender, disasters, water, sanitation, energy needs, infrastructure development and livelihood diversification
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
In the past, the science of ecology has frequently been excluded from the development agenda for various reasons. Increasingly however there has been a renewed interest in finding more ecologically sustainable means of development that have required a strong foundation in ecological knowledge (for example EcoAgriculture Partnerships, EcoHealth presented at ESA, and EcoNutrition proposed by Deckelbaum et al). Each of these examples has already taken the critical first step at integrating ecological knowledge with agriculture, health and nutrition, respectively. However, this is only the first step; more attention needs to be placed not only on the role that two fields can play towards poverty alleviation, but on the role of a truly integrated, interdisciplinary approach towards development goals that is firmly grounded in ecological understanding. We feel that a critical look at what ecology can and cannot provide to the development agenda, in light of the Millennium Development goals, is timely and crucial. The introduction and the final section of the book will then integrate the lessons and principles outlined in each of the chapters. All chapter authors will be heavily encouraged to focus on how their sub-discipline in ecology impacts overall human well-being and environmental sustainability.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
The three editors of this volume, Jane Carter Ingram, Fabrice DeClerck, and Cristina Rumbatis del Rio, have collaborated on multiple projects addressing the role of ecology in poverty reduction and began working together at the Earth Institute of Columbia University. Their educational and professional backgrounds in ecology, geography, and sustainable development have served as the inspiration for this book and their professional pursuits. The editors hope that the issues presented and explored in this volume will serve to encourage ecological scientists and practitioners in international development fields to collaborate together to identify creative, sustainable and viable solutions to challenges preventing poverty alleviation around the world. J. Carter Ingram is the lead of the Ecosystem Services and Payments for Ecosystem Services group at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York, NY. Â Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio is an Associate Director at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, NY (USA). Fabrice DeClerck is a professor of community and landscape ecology at CATIE in Costa Rica.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction
Book Subtitle: Ecological Dimensions
Editors: Jane Carter Ingram, Fabrice DeClerck, Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0633-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0632-8
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9428-8
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0633-5
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 428
Topics: Environmental Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Applied Ecology, Development Economics, Public Health