Balancing Conservation with National Development: A Socio-Economic Case Study of the Alternatives to the Serengeti Road.

ABSTRACT: Developing countries often have rich natural resources but poor infrastructure to capitalize on them, which leads to significant challenges in terms of balancing poverty alleviation with conservation. The underlying premise in development strategies is to increase the socio-economic welfare of the people while simultaneously ensuring environmental sustainability, however these objectives are often in direct conflict. National progress is dependent on developing infrastructure such as effective transportation networks, however roads can be ecologically catastrophic in terms of disrupting habitat connectivity and facilitating illegal activity. How can national development and conservation be balanced? The proposed Serengeti road epitomizes the conflict between poverty alleviation on one hand

SUBMITTER: Hopcraft JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511738 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature