| 报告题名: | Quality of Life, Wellbeing and Biodiversity----The Role of Biodiversity in Future Development |
| 作者: | Timo Kaphengst; McKenna Davis; Christiane Gerstetter; Katharina Klaas; Katriona McGlade; Sandra Naumann
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| 出版者: | Ecologic Institute, Germany
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| 出版年: | 2014
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| 发表日期: | 2014
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| 总页数: | 91
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| 国家: | 德国
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | air
; food
; agriculture
; plants
; firewood
; nature
; global South
; study
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| 中文主题词: | 农业科学
; 铅
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| 主题词: | AGRICULTURE
; LEAD
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| 英文摘要: | The relationship between biodiversity and human wellbeing is multifaceted and assumes diverse forms across and within populations. In developing countries, for example, biodiversity and natural resources often constitute the basis of people’s livelihoods and thus their material wellbeing. Many individuals also feel a cultural, spiritual, or religious relationship with nature and assign it an inherent value. This study explores these diverse perceptions of biodiversity and its value. The findings serve to advance discussions on how development cooperation can more effectively integrate these views and therewith improve biodiversity and nature conservation. The study is available for download.The study looks at how different 'narratives' on biodiversity and its value are represented in international development cooperation. The main objective of this study is to highlight the importance of divergent views on biodiversity and their significance for human wellbeing. These insights are to contribute to the discussion among decision-makers and practitioners on whether current development cooperation policies and programs sufficiently reflect different perceptions of biodiversity and wellbeing.The study adopted a range of approaches to gather a well-rounded perspective on the topics being explored. A substantial part of the study was conducted as desk research and the analysis of relevant documents and policies. Furthermore, telephone interviews were held and two expert workshops were organized in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Quito, Ecuador in June 2014 to discuss the distribution of different perceptions on biodiversity and nature and how this effects the implementation of biodiversity policy in the respective countries and the work in cooperation projects.An additional desk-based case study was carried out, which explicitly highlighted the differences in perceptions and discourses on biodiversity and development between Bhutan and Nepal. The resultant study can also be downloaded on this website.The general study concludes with a set of recommendations on how the protection of biodiversity can be more effectively integrated in development cooperation. Most importantly, cooperation and communication strategies should acknowledge and make use of the wide range of biodiversity narratives and their relations to human wellbeing, depending on the cultural and regional context of the target groups. A restricted focus only on the ecosystem service concept might lead to confusion and misunderstandings among various groups, sectors and policy levels. Furthermore, a narrow perspective bears the risk that people's attitudes and perceptions will transition towards a mere economic and perspective on nature, which could arguably jeopardize long-term biodiversity protection aims.As an input to the 3rd IPBES Plenary Session held from 12 to 17 January 2015, in Bonn, Germany, a short Policy Brief was produced, summarising some of the key results of the main study. The Policy Brief can be downloaded. |
| 资助项目: | The Role of Biodiversity in International Cooperation#2258#Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany
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| URL: | http://www.ecologic.eu/sites/files/publication/2014/ecologic-study-biodiversity-development-2014_0.pdf
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| 资源类型: | 研究报告
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/42527
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| Appears in Collections: | 过去全球变化的重建
影响、适应和脆弱性
科学计划与规划
气候变化与战略
全球变化的国际研究计划
气候减缓与适应
气候变化事实与影响
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Timo Kaphengst,McKenna Davis,Christiane Gerstetter,et al. Quality of Life, Wellbeing and Biodiversity----The Role of Biodiversity in Future Development. 2014-01-01.
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