Table 2.1 Number of People Dependent on Ecosystems

TABLE 2.1 NUMBER OF PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON ECOSYSTEMS
Dependent on forests in some way	1.6 billion
Smallholder farmers who grow farm trees or manage remnant forests for subsistence and income	500 million to 1 billion
Indigenous people wholly dependent on forests	$60 million
Poor dependent on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa	>500 million
Rural poor who keep livestock	600 million
Landless rural poor who keep livestock	150 million
Fishers and fish-farmers in the Lower Mekong River basin	40 million
Source: Angelsen and Wunder 2003; IFAD et al. 2004; Kura et al. 2004; Haggblade et al. 2004