Global poverty-biodiversity map
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Use of map overlays to identify relationships between biodiversity and poverty. This map may be used to show areas in which biodiversity is threatened. Areas where high poverty and high population density coincides with high biodiversity may indicate areas in which poor people likely have no other choice than to unsustainably extract resources, in turn threatening biodiversity. The map has been produced from three primary data sources - stunted growth data collected on first level administrative units from FAO (FAO 2004), population density from LandScan (LandScan, 2002), and areas of high biological significance (major tropical wilderness and biodiversity hotspots) from Conservation International (Christ et al., 2003).
To highlight areas with highest priorities for poverty alleviation and conservation, data on stunted growth in children (under 5) - at first level sub-national administrative units (FAO, 2004) - was "filtered" to only display stunting in areas with high population density. Population density data was based on the Landscan data model, (Landscan, 2002), while areas of high biological significance - major tropical wilderness and biodiversity hotspots - was based on Conservation International data (Christ et al, 2003). Biodiversity hotspots are defined as "regions that harbour a great diversity of endemic species and, at the same time, have been significantly impacted and altered by human activities". Wildlife areas are "at least 70% intact and are generally under less pressure from encroaching human populations than are the biodiversity hotspots" (Meyers et al., 2000 in Christ et al., 2003, p. 3).
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