Global Biodiversity Governance: What Needs to Be Transformed?

Joanna Miller Smallwood*, Amandine Orsini, Marcel Tj Kok, Christian Prip, Katarzyna (Kate) Negacz

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Abstract

The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (the Post-2020 Framework) is expected to embody transformative change through the adoption of the framework’s “Theory of Change” (CBD, 2020). Its implementation must recognize that the global biodiversity governance architecture needs to transform to lead the required personal and social transformations, including shifts in values, beliefs and patterns of social behaviors (Chaffin et al., 2016), necessary to successfully tackle biodiversity loss. Against this backdrop, the overarching goal of this chapter is to analyze what needs to be transformed in global biodiversity governance, including institutional structures that shape values, beliefs and behavioral change. The chapter examines obstacles and opportunities for transformation, with the indirect objective of informing implementation of the Post-2020 Framework; at the time of writing, the CBD is expected to adopt the Post-2020 GBF in 2022.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTransforming Biodiversity Governance
EditorsIngrid J. Visseren-Hamakers, Marcel T.J. Kok
PublisherCambridge University Press
Chapter3
Pages43-66
Number of pages24
ISBN (Electronic)9781108856348
ISBN (Print)9781108479745
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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In: Part II - Unpacking Central Concepts.

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