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The poverty-environment thesis: was Brundtland wrong?

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Title The poverty-environment thesis: was Brundtland wrong?
 
Creator Angelsen, A.
 
Subject poverty
environment
 
Description The poverty-environment thesis suggests that the poor are both the agents and victims of environmental degradation. Even though the thesis may have been necessary to avoid a North-South confrontation on environmental issues, its validity can be questioned. It is argued that the coexistence of poverty and environmental disruption could more appropriately be seen as the joint consequence of limited opportunities for some groups, uneven processes of development, an unequal distribution of rights and power, and misguided policies. Higher income in many cases increases the pressure on the environment. This will in particular be the case when investments and purchased inputs are used to increase the capacity to exploit natural resources, and where pollution is related to the use of fossil fuels.
 
Date 1997
2012-06-04T09:04:37Z
2012-06-04T09:04:37Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Angelsen, A. 1997. The poverty-environment thesis: was Brundtland wrong? . Forum for Development Studies (1) :135-154.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/17800
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/281
 
Language en
 
Source Forum for Development Studies