Transforming Biodiversity Governance

A multidisciplinary approach to transforming biodiversity governance to combat the failure of current efforts and halt biodiversity loss.

Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers (Edited by), Marcel T. J. Kok (Edited by)

9781108479745, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 June 2022

374 pages
25 x 17.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.84 kg

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, policy makers and practitioners working in biodiversity and sustainability governance. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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.

Subject Areas: International environmental law [LBBP]