Titel
Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth
Autor*in
Iago Otero
Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human‐Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin
Katharine N. Farrell
Biology Program, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Universidad del Rosario
Salvador Pueyo
Research & Degrowth
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Abstract
Increasing evidence—synthesized in this paper—shows that economic growth contributes to biodiversity loss via greater resource consumption and higher emissions. Nonetheless, a review of international biodiversity and sustainability policies shows that the majority advocate economic growth. Since improvements in resource use efficiency have so far not allowed for absolute global reductions in resource use and pollution, we question the support for economic growth in these policies, where inadequate attention is paid to the question of how growth can be decoupled from biodiversity loss. Drawing on the literature about alternatives to economic growth, we explore this contradiction and suggest ways forward to halt global biodiversity decline. These include policy proposals to move beyond the growth paradigm while enhancing overall prosperity, which can be implemented by combining top-down and bottom-up governance across scales. Finally, we call the attention of researchers and policy makers to two immediate steps: acknowledge the conflict between economic growth and biodiversity conservation in future policies; and explore socioeconomic trajectories beyond economic growth in the next generation of biodiversity scenarios.
Stichwort
biodiversity conservationbiodiversity lossbiodiversity policybiodiversity scenariosdecouplingdegrowtheconomic growthpostgrowthsustainability policytransition
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1359628
Erschienen in
Titel
Conservation Letters
Band
13
Ausgabe
4
ISSN
1755-263X
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Publication
Wiley
Fördergeber
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) — P29130-G27
European Union (all programmes) — BON/308454
European Union (all programmes) — ROBIN/283093
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Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Zugänglichkeit
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