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The aim of this study is to improve
understanding of how biological resource conservation
concerns can be better incorporated into projects and
programs that primarily address the objective of rural
development rather than environmental conservation. A
multi-disciplinary study team was assembled and six
background papers produced, along with the main overview
paper. The six papers were on: 1) measuring biodiversity,
predicting impacts, and monitoring change; 2) integrated
pest management and biodiversity conservation; 3)
biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes in
Britain: relevant issues for developing countries; 4)
reconciling biodiversity and development issues in practice;
the search for a win-win situation in Ghana's coastal
wetlands; 5) strategies for biodiversity conservation:
examples from Tanzania; and 6) participatory initiatives in
biodiversity conservation: lessons from experience. A study
was also made of World Bank policies and procedures relating
to biodiversity management and rural development together
with three portfolio reviews. These findings were
incorporated into this paper. This paper argues that
bioresources and people's livelihood systems are
intricately interrelated, and opportunities for intervention
for development purposes must start from good understanding
of different people's access to and use and management
of these resources, and also the incentives, constraints,
and institutional factors governing the process.
