It will show how
the two seemingly disparate worlds of poverty eradication and
biodiversity conservation are linked, and its launch comes ahead of the
UN’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
on 17 October
This
three-year project – led by the International Institute for Environment
and Development (IIED) and the UN Environment Programme’s World
Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) –
is intended to ensure that policies to conserve nature and reduce poverty work in harmony.
