Jon Christensen calls out the environmental movement for failing to engage with issues of international poverty and development.

It’s a shame. Conservationists are sitting on the sidelines while the Big Game unfolds before our eyes. A major campaign is under way to change the terms of development, alleviate crushing debt, and help poor people around the world live better lives. Successes are being racked up. And conservation and environmental groups are nowhere to be seen.

There are 29 groups listed as partners in The Campaign to Make Poverty History at www.one.org. Not one of them is a conservation or environmental organization.

Good governance — which starts with free and fair elections, an independent judiciary, a free press, and property rights � needs to be pushed further to embrace conservation of ecosystem services and biodiversity through good laws, adequate administration, and practical incentives that work for people on the land.

It’s a fair point.