Transforming Biodiversity Governance

About this book

Over fifty years of global conservation has failed to bend the curve of biodiversity loss, so we need to transform the ways we govern biodiversity. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity aims to develop and implement a transformative framework for the coming decades. However, the question of what transformative biodiversity governance entails and how it can be implemented is complex. This book argues that transformative biodiversity governance means prioritizing ecocentric, compassionate and just sustainable development. This involves implementing five governance approaches – integrative, inclusive, adaptive, transdisciplinary and anticipatory governance – in conjunction and focused on the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and unsustainability. Transforming Biodiversity Governance is an invaluable source for academics, policymakers and practitioners working in biodiversity and sustainability governance. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project.

Contents

List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations

Part I. Introduction:
1. The urgency of transforming biodiversity governance / Ingrid J.Visseren-Hamakers, Marcel Kok

Part II. Unpacking:
2. Defining nature / Hans Keune, Marco Immovilli, Roger Keller, Simone Maynard, Pam McElwee, Zsolt Molnár, Gunilla A. Olsson, Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana, Anik Schneiders, Machteld Schoolenberg, Suneetha M. Subramanian, Wouter Van Reeth
3. Global biodiversity governance: What needs to be transformed? / Joanna Smallwood, Amandine Orsini, Marcel Kok, Christian Prip, Katarzyna Negacz
4. How to save a million species? Transformative governance through prioritization / Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers, Benjamin Cashore, Derk Loorbach, Marcel Kok, Susan de Koning, Pieter Vullers and Anne van Veen

Part III. Cross-Cutting Issues Central to Transformative Biodiversity Governance:
5. One health and biodiversity / Hans Keune, Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana, Serge Morand, Simon Rüegg
6. Biodiversity finance and transformative governance: The limitations of innovative financial instruments / Richard van der Hoff , Nowella Anyango-van Zwieten
7. Emerging technologies in biodiversity governance: Gaps and opportunities for transformative governance / Florian Rabitz, Jesse L. Reynolds, Elsa Tsioumani
8. Rethinking and upholding justice and equity in transformative biodiversity governance / Jonathan Pickering, Brendan Coolsaet, Neil Dawson, Kimberly Marion Suiseeya, Cristina Y. A. Inoue, Michelle Lim
9. Mainstreaming the animal in biodiversity governance: Broadening the moral and legal community to non-humans / Andrea Schapper, Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers, David Humphreys, Cebuan Bliss
10. Industry responses to evolving regulation of marine bioprospecting in polar regions / Kristin Rosendal, Jon Birger Skjærseth

Part IV. Transforming Biodiversity Governance in Different Contexts:
11. Transformative biodiversity governance for protected and conserved areas / Janice Weatherley-Singh, Madhu Rao, Elizabeth Matthews, Lilian Painter, Lovy Rasolofomanana, Kyaw T. Latt, Me`ira Mizrahi, James E. M. Watson
12. The convivial conservation imperative: Exploring 'biodiversity impact chains' to support structural transformation / Bram Büscher, Kate Massarella, Robert Coates, Sierra Deutsch, Wolfram Dressler, Robert Fletcher, Marco Immovilli, Stasja Koot
13. Transformative biodiversity governance in agricultural landscapes: Taking stock of biodiversity policy integration and looking forward / Yves Zinngrebe, Fiona Kinniburgh, Marjanneke J. Vijge, Sabina J. Khan, Hens Runhaar
14. Cities and the transformation of biodiversity governance / Harriet Bulkeley, Linjun Xie, Judy Bush, Katharina Rochell, Julie Greenwalt, Hens Runhaar, Ernita van Wyk, Cathy Oke, Ingrid Coetzee
15. Transformative governance for ocean biodiversity / Bolanle Erinosho, Hashali Hamukuaya, Claire Lajaunie, Alana Malinde S. N. Lancaster, Mitchell Lennan, Pierre Mazzega, Elisa Morgera, Bernadette Snow

Part V. Strategic Reflections:
16. Enabling transformative biodiversity governance in the post-2020 era / Marcel Kok, Elsa Tsioumani, Cebuan Bliss, Marco Immovilli, Hans Keune, Elisa Morgera, Simon Ruegg, Andrea Schapper, Marjanneke J. Vijge, Yves Zinngrebe, Ingrid J.Visseren-Hamakers

Index

Customer Reviews

Biography

Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers serves as Professor and Chair of the Environmental Governance and Politics (EGP) group at Radboud University, Netherlands, and specializes in transformative global environmental governance. She aims to contribute to both academic and societal debates on how societies and economies can become sustainable. Her research focuses on governing the relationships between animal interests, biodiversity and food, among others.

Marcel T. J. Kok is Programme Leader of the International Biodiversity Policy group at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. His research concentrates on global environmental governance and scenario analysis of global environmental problems, with a focus on biodiversity. He specializes in bottom-up governance approaches.


Contributors:
- Ingrid J.Visseren-Hamakers
- Marcel Kok
- Hans Keune
- Marco Immovilli
- Roger Keller
- Simone Maynard
- Pam McElwee
- Zsolt Molnár
- Gunilla A. Olsson
- Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana
- Anik Schneiders
- Machteld Schoolenberg
- Suneetha M. Subramanian
- Wouter van Reeth
- Joanna Smallwood
- Amandine Orsini
- Christian Prip
- Katarzyna Negacz
- Benjamin Cashore
- Derk Loorbach
- Susan de Koning
- Pieter Vullers
- Anne van Veen
- Serge Morand
- Simon Rüegg
- Richard van der Hoff
- Nowella Anyango-van Zwieten
- Florian Rabitz
- Jesse L. Reynolds
- Elsa Tsioumani
- Jonathan Pickering
- Brendan Coolsaet
- Neil Dawson
- Kimberly Marion Suiseeya
- Cristina Y. A. Inoue
- Michelle Lim
- Andrea Schapper
- David Humphreys
- Cebuan Bliss
- Kristin Rosendal
- Jon Birger Skjærseth
- Janice Weatherley-Singh
- Madhu Rao
- Elizabeth Matthews
- Lilian Painter
- Lovy Rasolofomanana
- Kyaw T. Latt
- Me`ira Mizrahi
- James E. M. Watson
- Bram Büscher
- Kate Massarella
- Robert Coates
- Sierra Deutsch
- Wolfram Dressler
- Robert Fletcher
- Stasja Koot
- Yves Zinngrebe
- Fiona Kinniburgh
- Marjanneke J. Vijge
- Sabina J. Khan
- Hens Runhaar
- Harriet Bulkeley
- Linjun Xie
- Judy Bush
- Katharina Rochell
- Julie Greenwalt
- Ernita van Wyk
- Cathy Oke
- Ingrid Coetzee
- Bolanle Erinosho
- Hashali Hamukuaya
- Claire Lajaunie
- Alana Malinde S. N. Lancaster
- Mitchell Lennan
- Pierre Mazzega
- Elisa Morgera
- Bernadette Snow