ABSTRACT
Despite the linkage of poverty and environmental concerns at the level of macro policy and locally, there is no consensus that the interests of the poor and of the environment are mutually compatible. Ambivalence about this relationship exists among those whose prime concern is environmental as well as among those most concerned with poverty eradication. Without international agreement on what should constitute the maximum and minimum levels of sustainable living standards, it is difficult to see how this ambivalence can be resolved.
