Poverty reduction and economic growth can be sustained only if natural resources are managed ona sustainable basis. Greening rural development can stimulate rural economies, create jobs and helpmaintain critical ecosystem services and strengthen and strengthen climate resilience of the rural poor.Conversely, environmental challenges can limit the attainment of development goals. The ApproachPaper to the Twelfth Five Year Plan notes that “as the economy gains the capacity to grow rapidly, it willcome up against the constraint of limitations of natural resources and then need to exploit these in asustainable manner.
