Details zur Publikation |
| Kategorie | Textpublikation |
| Referenztyp | Zeitschriften |
| DOI | 10.1080/1523908X.2024.2446478 |
| Titel (primär) | Biodiversity Policy Integration at the sub-national level: Insights from the German Länder in the context of sub-national biodiversity strategies and action plans |
| Autor | Pröbstl, F. |
| Quelle | Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2025 |
| Department | NSF |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Supplements | https://ndownloader.figstatic.com/files/51817456 |
| Keywords | Environmental policy integration; administrative coordination; multi-level governance; nature conservation; biodiversity mainstreaming |
| Abstract | The uptake of biodiversity along different political levels and into sector policies remains a major global challenge. Sub-national governments hold crucial institutional competencies for enabling this Biodiversity Policy Integration (BPI). However, these political levels are largely overlooked in international agreements and the BPI literature. Using the example of the German states (Länder), this study aims to widen the debate through a sub-national perspective. Therefore, 16 interviews with representatives of all German state environmental ministries have been conducted about the implementation of sub-national biodiversity strategies and action plans. The study identifies key barriers and levers to BPI from the perspective of these actors and relates them to underlying causes. State biodiversity policies appear to be trapped in institutional lock-ins, manifested in weak coordination and evaluation mechanisms. Policy change is inevitably linked to the integrative leadership of individual policy-makers or the external interference of public or European initiatives. To avoid merely symbolic policy-making, national and international processes should emphasize joint, cross-level coordination, as incoherencies at higher political levels can only be resolved to a limited extent at lower administrative levels. |
| dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=30411 |
| Pröbstl, F. (2025): Biodiversity Policy Integration at the sub-national level: Insights from the German Länder in the context of sub-national biodiversity strategies and action plans J. Environ. Pol. Plan. 10.1080/1523908X.2024.2446478 |
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