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Poverty-Environment Nexus in search of an alternative scenario

Nature, man's first love, which brought to him the hospitality of gods became his arch-enemy. Man indiscriminately destroyed forest to build his brick-tenement. The sylvan goddess brought him blessing. Man ignored her and earned her curse.

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Poverty-Environment Nexus in search of an alternative scenario

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    1. Poverty-Environment Nexus in search of an alternative scenario Atiur Rahman

    2. Nature, man’s first love, which brought to him the hospitality of gods became his arch-enemy. Man indiscriminately destroyed forest to build his brick-tenement. The sylvan goddess brought him blessing. Man ignored her and earned her curse. … To save ourselves from utter disaster, we have to propitiate the sylvan goddess our patron, so she makes our land fertile and fruitful. Rabindranath Tagore, ‘Aronya Debota’, Collected Works, Vol. 14, Page 372-3.

    3. Context Multi-dimensionality of poverty. Poverty reduction – major challenge for developing countries e.g. Bangladesh. Economic growth versus sustainability. Degraded environment means less resources for the poorest and future generations.

    4. Conceptual Framework Two interlinked causal processes: Poverty affecting environmental conservation. Degraded environment affecting the poor.

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