to the rural communities. Biodiversity is therefore key to the rural communities subsistence.
It is only through proper proper biodiversity sustainable and wise utilization (the modern terminology of conservation) will the poor make more living profit from the available resources and therefore poverty alleviation. In all cases, Biodiversity continues to be altered for many short term reasons by giving very good justification at all levels for immediate gains.
One may simply define poverty as inadequate ability to cope with a
normal life e.g. water, food, shelter, clothes, medicine and other living costs.
There are a number of debates on poverty index and how we compare poverty
within and between communities. It is definite that, properly organised,
systematic analysis of the role of each of the members of the society will
increase the benefits gained from the biodiversity held in a place.
Mainstreaming biodiversity into poverty reduction processes will
contribute to relevant planning and induction
of the diverse need of the people. There is a lot of potential held in
both man and women or boys and girls which has not been exhausted in
efforts to cope with our daily lives. This issue is one in the series
of our national project newsletters. It is a special one on the
Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis as it relates to biodiversity and
food security. Summaries came out of a workshop co-funded by FAO-LinKS
project through the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre in collaboration
with our Tanzania Component of the East African Cross borders
biodiversity project.
The Tanzanian Component of the East African Cross borders Biodiversity
Project Produces quarterly newsletters for Each of the sites in
Monduli, Same and Bukoba. These site based newsletters are in Kiswahili.
The national office produces quarterly English newsletters which
are broader in topics. This is done in order to share experiences and
ideas with partners who have taken keen interest in Biodiversity
Conservation, "wise use" for sustainable development, which
would contribute to a better global environment.
All newsletters can be accessed though our website: x-borderbiodiversity.tripod.com,
The site has a provision for comments and suggestions
from the readers to enhance the conservation initiatives. We kindly invite
Short Articles that bring about sharing of experiences especially in
relation to biodiversity conservation, if possible to support overall environment
conservation in our focal area.
 J.Y. Salehe |
The economic value of Biodiversity environmental services to the entire biosphere has been estimated at US $ 16 - 54 trillion per year. Taking the higher estimate this is substantially more than the global gross national product, whic is around US $ 18 trillion a year "IIED" |