Deseret News, March 14, 2016: (Op-Ed) The importance of environmental practices in poverty alleviation
“The goal to alleviate poverty without environmental damage can be challenging. For example, an organization might teach improved farming techniques and assume that if followed the effects will be positive. However, if the farmers are not knowledgeable on how to maintain measured control of the resources, there can be a short-term gain in economic prosperity and a long-term loss due to exploited and exhausted natural resources. Ignoring the environmental soundness of economic growth — even if this leads to short-run economic gains — can hurt the poor by undermining long-run growth and its effectiveness in reducing poverty.”