Understanding Poverty-Environment Relationship from Sustainable Development Perspectives

Rai, Jeetesh

doi:10.9734/jgeesi/2019/v19i130077

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“…In the first instance, the poverty-environment discourse focused predominantly on "downward spirals" and one-dimensional aspects (how poverty among people causes environmental degradation) or feedback loops (how environmental degradation in return affects the poor). More recent research recognized that the poverty-environment nexus is multi-dimensional, governed by a complex web of factors, and more attention now goes to investigating how marginalized communities are able to invent and maintain protective measures that can help minimize the negative impact of environmental degradation on their ecosystems and associated livelihoods through collective action [34].…”

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Blue Economy: Community Case Studies Addressing the Poverty–Environment Nexus in Ocean and Coastal Management

2020

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The objective of this paper is to examine how local practices of blue economy succeed in addressing the poverty–environment nexus in coastal communities. While many disciplines touch upon the concept of blue economy, little literature exists on how a sustainable blue economy approach can help bridge poverty–environment challenges, particularly at the community level. To illustrate this, we present three case studies of blue economy practices initiated and implemented by coastal communities in China, Samoa, and Vietnam. The outcomes from each case study are examined based on both their environmental and socio-economic impact. Lessons learned include the significant role of science and technology in innovating solutions, the crucial impact of community leaders in encouraging and amplifying both local needs and solutions, continuous advocacy, fulfilling the very important need for communities to witness tangible benefits of project implementation, and last but not least the availability of resources and know-how resulting from multi-stakeholder partnerships including local governing councils, NGOs, and community members. Local communities have an unrecognized potential for adaptation and innovation and that more proactive public policies are required to achieve environmental and poverty reduction objectives simultaneously.

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Blue Economy: Community Case Studies Addressing the Poverty–Environment Nexus in Ocean and Coastal Management

2020

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“…The scientific research revealed that ensuring environmental activities and a friendly environment in society are some of the most important factors that contribute to a better supply of food to the society members, constant raise of income, as well as reducing the number of poor society members [67]. On the other hand, poor compliance of the environmental requirements, and only a few business initiatives being oriented to this field, negatively affect the increase in environmental pollution, faster consumption of resources, likewise, contributing to the increase in poverty in a country [68]. Though the last tendencies are best observed in developing countries with a low living standard, developing countries encounter the same problems, because all of them are dependent on natural resources and their exploitation [69].…”

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Assessment of the Impact of Social Responsibility on Poverty

Jakunskiene

2021

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Being one of the open social innovations of business entities, social responsibility is taking an important role in our society. It not only contributes to the improvement of the financial indicators of business entities, but also has a significant impact on the economic development of countries and the creation of well-being of the society members. The business contribution to environmental and social initiatives influences various economic processes and, at the same time, affects the level of poverty in countries. The purpose of this thesis is to review the concept of social responsibility and its content after the analysis of the scientific literature, and to assess the impact of social responsibility on poverty indicators after an empirical study. The assessment was performed by using the methods of analysis of the scientific literature, mathematical–statistical analysis, comparative analysis, correlation analysis, as well as by studying the presented statistical data at the level of the three Baltic States — Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The conducted research manifested a significant impact of the business units operating in the production sector on the employed people who are at the brink of poverty, by categorizing them by sex, age, and education. The research revealed the negative impact of the business social responsibility that is directed towards the environment field on the poverty rates of older age (65+) residents, due to the installation of new equipment and technologies. Additionally, business investments mostly affect people with secondary, and lower than secondary, education. The influence of the actual pollution amount in the production sector, to ensure the financial stability of the society, was observed. The research results are significant not only to the Baltic region, but to other economies that are seeking to reduce the poverty level in the country, by integrating the business social responsibility as well.

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“…As causas da degradação ambiental, de acordo com Rodrigues, Cunha, Brito e Pires (2016), têm sido amplamente explanadas. Alguns autores (Masron & Subramaniam, 2019;Rai, 2019;Akinlo & Dada, 2021) correlacionam a degradação com a pobreza, enquanto outros (Isik, Ongan & Özdemir, 2019;Wang & Dong, 2019;Muhammad et.al, 2021) apontam o crescimento econômico como principal determinante. Posto isto, Sousa, Sousa e Santos (2016) afirmam que o crescimento econômico foi considerado por muito tempo como um fator negativo, tendo em vista a visão de que é o causador dos impactos ambientais, devido aos recursos para criação de mercadorias sempre serem provenientes do desgaste da natureza.…”

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Nível de disclosure das provisões e passivos contingentes ambientais

Rodrigues

Macedo

Moreira

et al. 2023

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O disclosure permite que a contabilidade atinja o seu principal objetivo, o de prover informações úteis e confiáveis aos seus usuários. Assim, fundamentado na Teoria da Divulgação, o presente estudo tem por objetivo identificar o nível de disclosure das provisões e passivos contingentes ambientais de empresas com alto potencial de poluição. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa descritiva com abordagem qualitativa, aplicando-se a técnica de análise de conteúdo nas demonstrações financeiras entre os anos 2010 e 2019. Para coleta de dados, utilizou-se de check list elaborado de acordo com os critérios estabelecidos pelo Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis Nº 25 (CPC 25) para reconhecimento e divulgação das provisões e passivos contingentes de natureza ambiental. Os achados revelam uma baixa evidenciação dos itens estabelecidos, apesar do crescente número de observações afirmativas nos últimos três anos. Quanto ao nível de disclosure, os resultados evidenciaram que o segmento com maior destaque foi o de extração e tratamento de minerais, ao evidenciar no grupo de empresas listadas no ISE um percentual de 73%. Em relação à análise dos grupos, realizou-se a média das empresas listadas e não listadas no Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE), evidenciando através do teste T de student a existência de diferença estatística significativa entre as médias, de 27,66 e 15,21, respectivamente, rejeitando-se a hipótese nula de pesquisa.

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Understanding Poverty-Environment Relationship from Sustainable Development Perspectives

Cited by 11 publications

References 50 publications

Blue Economy: Community Case Studies Addressing the Poverty–Environment Nexus in Ocean and Coastal Management

Blue Economy: Community Case Studies Addressing the Poverty–Environment Nexus in Ocean and Coastal Management

Assessment of the Impact of Social Responsibility on Poverty

Nível de disclosure das provisões e passivos contingentes ambientais

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