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dc.contributor.author | Hugé, Jean | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rochette, Anne-Julie | - |
dc.contributor.author | Janssens de Bisthoven, Luc | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dahdouh-Guebasa, Farid | - |
dc.contributor.author | Koedam, Nico | - |
dc.contributor.author | VANHOVE, Maarten | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-12T08:38:09Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-12T08:38:09Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY, 75, p. 91-102 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1462-9011 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/23865 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Biodiversity is under threat from anthropogenic pressures, in particular in biodiversity-rich developing countries. Development cooperation actors, who traditionally focus on the improvement of socio-economic conditions in the South, are increasingly acknowledging the linkages between poverty and biodiversity, e.g. by referring to the ecosystem services framework. However, there are many different framings which stress the need for biodiversity integration and which influence how biodiversity and development are and/or should be linked. Moreover, there is a gap between the lip service paid to biodiversity integration and the reality of development cooperation interventions. This study analyses how biodiversity framings are reflected in environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice, and how these framings influence EIA and decision-making. The findings, based on an in-depth qualitative analysis of World Bank EIAs undertaken in West Africa, indicate the incoherent quality but also the dominance of the ‘utilitarian’ and ‘corrective’ framings, which respectively stress human use of nature and mitigation of negative unintended development impacts. Identifying and highlighting these discursive trends leads to increased awareness of the importance of biodiversity among all development actors in North and South. However, some framings may lead to an overly narrow human-centred approach which downplays the intrinsic value of biodiversity. This study proposes recommendations for an improved integration of biodiversity in development cooperation, including the need for more systematic baseline studies in EIAs. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors wish to acknowledge the support granted through the CEBioS and KLIMOS-Acropolis programmes supported by the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGD). Jean Huge is supported by the Belgian National Fund for Research FRS-FNRS. The authors wish to thank the reviewers for their key contribution to the improvement of this manuscript. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.rights | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved | - |
dc.subject.other | biodiversity; development cooperation; environmental impact assessment (EIA); Africa; baseline | - |
dc.title | Utilitarian framings of biodiversity shape environmental impact assessment in development cooperation | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 102 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 91 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 75 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Huge, J (reprint author), Vrije Univ Brussel, Plant Biol & Nat Management APNA, Pl Laan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium jean.huge@ulb.ac.be | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.06.003 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000407869500011 | - |
item.fullcitation | Hugé, Jean; Rochette, Anne-Julie; Janssens de Bisthoven, Luc; Dahdouh-Guebasa, Farid; Koedam, Nico & VANHOVE, Maarten (2017) Utilitarian framings of biodiversity shape environmental impact assessment in development cooperation. In: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY, 75, p. 91-102. | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2018 | - |
item.contributor | Hugé, Jean | - |
item.contributor | Rochette, Anne-Julie | - |
item.contributor | Janssens de Bisthoven, Luc | - |
item.contributor | Dahdouh-Guebasa, Farid | - |
item.contributor | Koedam, Nico | - |
item.contributor | VANHOVE, Maarten | - |
item.accessRights | Open Access | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 1462-9011 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1873-6416 | - |
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