Living on the Edge of Poverty and National Parks

Living on the Edge of Poverty and National Parks
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:11:00 -0500

If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty?

Yes, according to the conventional wisdom, but no, according to a 10-year study of people living around Kibale National Park in Uganda that was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"Often people have lamented that the poorest of the poor live on the edge of the parks, and the assumption ...

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