Chapter 5: Turning Natural Assets Into Wealth: Case studies

In World Resources 2005 we have argued that environmental income is the wealth of the poor, with the potential to provide not just subsistence but a path out of poverty if the right governance conditions prevail. In many communities, this argument is borne out every day, in on-the-ground, village-level experience.

The five case studies in this chapter come from far-flung parts of the world