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1、DRAFTFINDINGSOFTHEADHOCTECHNICALEXPERTGROUPONBIODIVERSITYANDCLIMATECHANGEThisdocumentisun-edited.EditingwillbedoneoncethepeerreviewcommentshavebeenconsideredandaddressedbytheAHTEG/…/…PREFACE1.EscalatingbiodiversitylossandclimatechangeareputtinginternationalactiontoachievetheU

2、nitedNationsMillenniumDevelopmentGoals(MDGs)atrisk.Inparticular,poorpeopleoftendependheavilyanddirectlyonbiodiversitytosupporttheirlivelihoods.Forexample,inruralZimbabwe,thepoorest20%ofthecommunityreceive40%oftheirtotalincomefromenvironmentalproducts,whereasbiodiversityonlypr

3、ovides29%ofdirectincomefortherichest10%IUCN/DFID/EC.BiodiversityBrief1:Thelinksbetweenbiodiversityandpoverty.Accessedonlineathttp://www.undp.org/biodiversity/biodiversitycd/BioBrief1-poverty.pdf.Itisnotclearifenvironmentalandbiodiversityproductsmeanthesameproduct.Itisalsodiff

4、iculttounderstandthedistinctionbetweendirectandtotalincome.InordertoavoidconfusionCEPFrecommendsclarifyingoftheabovementionedterms.2.BiodiversityisalsocriticalforthemaintenanceandenhancementoffoodsecurityScherr,S.J.BiodiversityandFoodSecurity.Accessedonlineathttp://www.undp.o

5、rg/biodiversity/biodiversitycd/biodev3.htm.Conservingandmaintaininghealthysoil,cleanwater,avarietyofgeneticresourcesandecologicalprocessesareessentialingredientstoasustainableandproductiveagriculturalsystemandthesubsequenteradicationofhunger.3.Climatechangeisposingnewchalleng

6、esfordevelopment.Climatechangeisprojectedtoreducepoorpeople’slivelihoodassetsincludingthosethatarereliantuponbiodiversitysuchasaccesstowater,homesandinfrastructure.Climatechangeisalsoexpectedtohaveanegativeimpactontraditionalcopingmechanismstherebyincreasingthevulnerabilityof

7、theworld’spoortoperturbationssuchasdrought,floodanddisease.Finally,theimpactsofclimatechangeonnaturalresourcesandlabourproductivityarelikelytoreduceeconomicgrowth,exacerbatingpovertythroughreducedincomeopportunities.4.Climatechangeisalsoprojectedtoalterregionalfoodsecurityinc

8、ertainareas/ontheglobalscaleTherearelargeregionaldifferencesinprojec