Poverty, Health, and Ecosystems: Experience from Asia

The report was edited by Paul Steele, Gonzalo Oviedo, and David McCaule, who come from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

For many of the many millions of rural Asians who still live in poverty, ecosystems and the natural resources associated with them are essential to daily health and well-being. It is also the poor—especially women and children—who have the most at stake when ecosystems degrade. They suffer disproportionately from the health risks caused by inadequate or dirty water and polluted air and bear the burden of collecting the resources used daily, such as water and fuelwood. This special vulnerability extends to risks from natural disasters—they are the most exposed to initial impacts and the least able to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of such events…

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