Transforming Biodiversity Governance

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.

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.