Book launch and dialogue - November 3 13.30-14.30: “Transforming Biodiversity Governance. The prospects for a transformative result at CBD COP-15 in Montreal”
Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers
November 3, 13.30-14.30 Central European Time, online.
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This summer the book “Transforming biodiversity governance”, edited by Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers and Marcel Kok, was published at Cambridge University Press. The book brings together 16 chapters, written by over 70 authors from around the world. About 5 years ago we started this effort as part of the informal network “Rethinking Biodiversity Governance”. The book is freely available (open access) at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/transforming-biodiversity-governance/528A21807B7F533EFEABD55EB0FC67F6
The webinar is meant to celebrate the publication of the book and discuss its main findings in the context of the CBD negotiations of the CBD post-2020 governance framework. We are honoured that one of the co-chairs of the Open Ended Working Group, Basile van Havre, and David Cooper, deputy Executive Secretary of the CBD, will attend the webinar and offer their reflections on the book and insights in the negotiations.
The programme is as follows:
13.30 – 13.35 Opening & welcome – Marcel Kok
13.35 – 13.45 Main findings from the book – Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers
13.45 – 14.00 Reflections by Basil van Havre and David Cooper
14.00 – 14.15 Pitch and questions to Basil van Havre and David Cooper by, among others, Cebuan Bliss (chapter 9, Mainstreaming the animal in biodiversity governance), Linjun Xie (chapter 14, cities and the transformation of biodiversity governance).
14.15 – 14.30 Q & A
14.30 Close
Background to the book
Over fifty years of global conservation has failed to bend the curve of biodiversity loss, so we need to transform the ways we govern biodiversity. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity aims to develop and implement a transformative framework for the coming decades. However, the question of what transformative biodiversity governance entails and how it can be implemented is complex. This book argues that transformative biodiversity governance means prioritizing ecocentric, compassionate and just sustainable development. This involves implementing five governance approaches - integrative, inclusive, adaptive, transdisciplinary and anticipatory governance - in conjunction and focused on the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and unsustainability.