Relationship between biodiversity and poverty in Africa

Description

This map may be used to show areas in which biodiversity is threatened in relation to poverty on a continental scale. Areas where high percentage of underweight children – used as a proxy for poverty – coincide with a high occurrence of amphibian species and endemic bird areas – a proxy for biodiversity – may indicate areas in which poor people likely have no other choice than the unsustainable extraction of resources, in turn threatening biodiversity.