TY - CHAP
T1 - Biodiversity and nature's contributions to people
AU - Casse, Thorkil
AU - Hauggaard-Nielsen, Henrik
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - This chapter focuses on strategies to put Europe’s terrestrial biodiversity crises on the path to recovery in line with the European Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork strategies that propose ambitious EU actions and commitments. From this perspective, this chapter is influenced by EU support for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an international independent body qualifying EU policies beyond continental priorities when addressing the science-policy interface. Present protected areas are not sufficiently large to safeguard biodiversity at the EU level, requiring improved governance with, for example, EU intentions to enlarge existing Natura 2000 areas for protection, maintenance, and restoration. However, environmental planners continue to declare new protected areas in isolated sites as a possible result of governments supporting agricultural production by rewarding output or lowering input prices, not necessarily in the favor of local support and regional development. A more reflective understanding is required to link biological richness and cultural diversity on both geopolitical and biogeographic terms to provide access to many of the same resources as agricultural producers. Furthermore, little biodiversity improvement from such protection activities has been reported until now, indicating the need for a more ambitious and holistic approach to engaging institutions to play a role.
AB - This chapter focuses on strategies to put Europe’s terrestrial biodiversity crises on the path to recovery in line with the European Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork strategies that propose ambitious EU actions and commitments. From this perspective, this chapter is influenced by EU support for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an international independent body qualifying EU policies beyond continental priorities when addressing the science-policy interface. Present protected areas are not sufficiently large to safeguard biodiversity at the EU level, requiring improved governance with, for example, EU intentions to enlarge existing Natura 2000 areas for protection, maintenance, and restoration. However, environmental planners continue to declare new protected areas in isolated sites as a possible result of governments supporting agricultural production by rewarding output or lowering input prices, not necessarily in the favor of local support and regional development. A more reflective understanding is required to link biological richness and cultural diversity on both geopolitical and biogeographic terms to provide access to many of the same resources as agricultural producers. Furthermore, little biodiversity improvement from such protection activities has been reported until now, indicating the need for a more ambitious and holistic approach to engaging institutions to play a role.
KW - Biodiversity
KW - EU Farm-to- Fork strategy
KW - Biodiversity valuation
KW - Biodiversity
KW - EU Farm-to- Fork strategy
KW - Biodiversity valuation
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Interdisciplinary-Perspectives-on-Socioecological-Challenges-Sustainable/Andersen-Hauggaard-Nielsen-Christensen-Hulgaard/p/book/9781032334370
U2 - 10.4324/9781003319672-12
DO - 10.4324/9781003319672-12
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781032334370
SN - 9781032334387
T3 - Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
SP - 218
EP - 238
BT - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Socioecological Challenges
A2 - Andersen, Anders Siig
A2 - Hauggaard-Nielsen, Henrik
A2 - Christensen, Thomas Budde
A2 - Hulgaard, Lars
PB - Routledge
CY - New York
ER -