scholarly journals Perspectives on area‐based conservation and its meaning for future biodiversity policy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Bhola ◽  
Helen Klimmek ◽  
Naomi Kingston ◽  
Neil D. Burgess ◽  
Arnout Soesbergen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Policy

Environmental Benefits of Precision Agriculture Adoption

2020 ◽  
pp. 637-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Medici ◽  
Søren Marcus Pedersen ◽  
Giacomo Carli ◽  
Maria Rita Tagliaventi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Herbicide Application ◽  
Pesticide Application ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Application Rates ◽  
Biodiversity Policy ◽  
Lime Application

The purpose of this study is to analyse the environmental benefits of precision agriculture technology adoption obtained from the mitigation of negative environmental impacts of agricultural inputs in modern farming. Our literature review of the environmental benefits related to the adoption of precision agriculture solutions is aimed at raising farmers' and other stakeholders' awareness of the actual environmental impacts from this set of new technologies. Existing studies were categorised according to the environmental impacts of different agricultural activities: nitrogen application, lime application, pesticide application, manure application and herbicide application. Our findings highlighted the effects of the reduction of input application rates and the consequent impacts on climate, soil, water and biodiversity. Policy makers can benefit from the outcomes of this study developing an understanding of the environmental impact of precision agriculture in order to promote and support initiatives aimed at fostering sustainable agriculture.

scholarly journals Biodiversity Protection through Networks of Voluntary Sustainability Standard Organizations?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4379
Author(s):  
Luc Fransen ◽  
Jelmer Schalk ◽  
Marcel Kok ◽  
Vivek Voora ◽  
Jason Potts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspots ◽  
Private Governance ◽  
Biodiversity Protection ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Biodiversity Policy ◽  
Support Policy ◽  
Sustainability Standards

This paper explores the potential for voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) organizations to contribute to policy-making on biodiversity protection by examining their biodiversity policies, total standard compliant area, proximity to biodiversity hotspots, and the networks and partnerships they have in place that can support policy-making on biodiversity protection. The analysis undertaken is based on Social Network Analysis data, in combination with information from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Standards and Biodiversity Review and the International Trade Centre (ITC) Standards Map on the focus and operation of VSS organizations. The significance of agriculture-focused private governance for global biodiversity policy and their relationship towards other forms of nongovernmental, governmental, and inter-governmental biodiversity policy are examined and described. We argue that, at present, a number of key agriculture-focused VSS organizations are important policy actors to address biodiversity because of their elaborate biodiversity policies, total compliant areas, and proximity to biodiversity hotspots. However, at present, most of these VSS organizations have relatively few ties with relevant governmental and inter-governmental biodiversity policymakers. The actor composition of their inter-organizational networks currently reflects a focus on nongovernmental rather than governmental organizations while substantively they focus more on development than on environmental protection issues.

scholarly journals What is this thing called 'natural'? The nature-culture divide in climate change and biodiversity policy

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ylva Uggla
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Biodiversity Policy ◽  
Definition Of

This paper treats two highly topical and interconnected environmental issues-climate change and biodiversity-in which the nature-culture divide appears in policy and regulation. The aim is to analyze how "the natural" and concerns for biodiversity and climate change are constructed in applicable regulatory frameworks, and to explore social and environmental consequences of these constructions. The analysis indicates that biodiversity and climate change regulation help construct nature and culture as separate categories and give rise to the notion that the natural state is worth protecting from human intrusion. The notion of human agency, however, is ambiguous because humans are depicted as having the power and skill to protect and even recreate "natural nature". The paper concludes that, although nature and the natural are often used as politically and socially-neutral concepts, the definition of "natural nature" as a place devoid of humans has social as well as environmental consequences.Keywords: biodiversity, climate change, human-nature relations, environmental protection, environmental regulation

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