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Int er nat ional
nature:poor people’s wealth
the importance of naturalresources in poverty eradication
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Ann Doherty (Friends of the Earth International), with Javier Baltodano (Friends of theEarth Costa Rica), Paul de Clerck (Friends of the Earth Netherlands), Janneke Bruil (Friends of the EarthInternational), Longgena Ginting (Friends of the Earth International), Ronnie Hall (Friends of the EarthEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Juan Lopez (Friends of the Earth International), Simone Lovera(Friends of the Earth International), Catherine Pearce (Friends of the Earth England, Wales and NorthernIreland), Meena Raman (Friends of the Earth Malaysia), Farah Sofa (Friends of the Earth Indonesia) andDamian Sullivan (Friends of the Earth Australia).
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with thanks to
Kirsten Neke and Marijke Torfs (Friends of the Earth International), Alberto Villareal andKarin Nansen (Friends of the Earth Uruguay), Tatiana Roa and Paula Alvarez (Friends of the EarthColombia), Ruth Rosenhek (RainforestInformation Centre, Australia), Lee Tan (Australian ConservationFoundation), Belmond Tchoumba and Handja Georges Thierry (Friends of the Earth Cameroon), Jok Jau(Friends of the Earth Malaysia), Elías Diaz Peña (Friends of the Earth Paraguay), Ana Maria Vásquez(Friends of the Earth El Salvador), Raja Siregar (Friends of the Earth Indonesia), Adam Batty (Friends of the Earth Scotland), Jieun Kang (Iniciativa Amotocodie), Godwin Ojo (Friends of the Earth Nigeria),Mensah Todzro (Friends of the Earth Togo), George Awudi and Theo Anderson (Friends of the EarthGhana), Hernan Verscheure (Friends of the Earth Chile), Rajen Awotar (Friends of the Earth Mauritius),Jim Klingers (Friends of the Earth Netherlands), Sebastian Godinot(Friends of the Earth France), YuriOnodera, Narita-san and Wada-san (Friends of the Earth Japan), Mira Edelstein (Friends of the EarthMiddle East), Jessica Lawrence (the Borneo Project), Olga Zakharova (Socio-Ecological UnionInternational, Russia), Natalia Barannikova (Sakhalin EnvironmentWatch), Eric Holt-Gimenez, MiguelLovera, and the communications team atthe Friends of the Earth International Secretariat.
Int er nat ional
friends of the earth
international secretariat 
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oneintroduction
5preface
nature: poor people’s wealth
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twopoverty and natural resources
9threatened forests12malaysia
mapping their rights: sarawak forestcommunities
13indonesia
communities care for forests
14china
greening the mongolian desert
14fisheries in trouble15togo
the bestfish is a local one: global tradecreates poverty on togo's coastlines
16nigeria
shrimp farming threatens local fishing rightsin the niger delta
16indonesia
better shrimp farming in java
17water woes18middle east
sharing water
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threehow neoliberalism fails to alleviate poverty
19trade liberalization: the trickle down’myth21corporate greenwash allows business-as-usual22the failure of developmentaid23russia
sakhalin sickens fish and people
23laos
nam theun mega dam: bad news for laotian farmers
24privatization puts nature up for sale26corporate-driven agriculture does notfeed the poor27colombia
bogotá: city withouthunger?
27millennium goals fall short30
fourhow people can prevail in poverty eradication
31community-based resource management33ghana
sustainable jobs contribute to harmonyin northern ghana
33el salvador
medicinal plants create jobs and alleviate poverty
34timor leste
community self-determinationon paradise island of atauro
35paraguay
ancientsolutions for today’s headachespromoting medicinal plants in paraguay
36mauritius
building houses from the bottom up
36fighting for environmental rights 37scotland
coal mining communities seek environmental justice
37paraguay
getting to know poverty:paraguay’s ayoreo forced outof isolation
38india
land rights empower the katkari of india
39mainstreaming gender into poverty eradication 40ghana
environmental empowermentfor young women
40india
women forestguards in indian tiger reserve
41sustainable energy and climate justice 42argentina
burning clean in argentina
42el salvador
biking outof poverty
43malaysia
community lights the way with renewable energy
44people’s food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture 45latin america
farmer-led food sovereignty
45uruguay
protecting local varieties for family farms
46cancellation of the external debtand recognitionof the ecological debt47
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whatpoverty means to the bagyeli people
7chile
quin-quen win rights to trees and pine-nuts
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