4th Regional Session – Southern & Eastern Africa Global Biodiversity Forum Workshop on Health, Poverty and Conservation: Securing Africa’s Future: Biodiversity and Health – HIV/AIDS Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 9 - 11 June 2004

Introduction

Agenda
Speech by Honorable Arcado Ntagazwa - Minister of State of the United Republic of Tanzania
Speech by Gladman Chibememe - Executive Director of Chibememe Earth Healing Association
Workshop Presentations & Abstracts
Final Report on Workshop Proceedings
Photo Gallery

Official Website of the 4th Regional Global Biodiversity Forum

Introduction

The workshop will demonstrate that sustainable use of biodiversity has significant links to HIV/AIDS and its impact on conservation efforts and resource management as well as with broader issues of human well-being and poverty reduction.

More than ten years after the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, demographic trends, health epidemics, and the pressing need to reduce poverty have strained natural resources and threatened to greatly diminish the world’s collective biodiversity. These trends have serious implications not only for future poverty reduction and development, but also for the very health and well being of the human population.

This workshop seeks to identify the linkages between biodiversity and human health by focusing not only on the broad issues of medicinal plant use, disease transmission, and wildlife and livestock management, but also by specifically highlighting the significant and pervasive impact of HIV/AIDS on conservation and resource management efforts.

1. Objectives
2. Main Themes
3. Different Linkages
4. Policy Advocacy and Strategies