The importance of natural resources in poverty eradication

Friends of the Earth International, June 2005: Environmental degradation is a major cause of poverty among rural communities around the world. FoEI illustrates how neoliberalism, trade liberalization and development aid will not help eradicate poverty - only the preservation of communities, the creation of small, rural communities and the immediate cancellation of previous debt owned by poor countries will help.

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