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DOI 10.1007/s10531-008-9530-1
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Title (Primary) To which extent is the interdisciplinary evaluation approach of the CBD reflected in European and international biodiversity-related regulations?
Author Zisenis, M.
Source Titel Biodiversity and Conservation
Year 2009
Department NSF
Volume 18
Issue 3
Page From 639
Page To 648
Language englisch
Keywords Agenda 21; Biodiversity evaluation; Biodiversity strategy; CBD values; Environmental impact assessment; Landscape planning; Nature conservation assessment; Sustainable development
Abstract The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a major step forward towards an integrated approach of biodiversity and conservation to sustainable development. The CBD mentions in its preamble the intrinsic value of biological diversity and the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic values of biological diversity and its components. However, there are still grave implementation deficits in practise on global, European, and national level. Therefore, the following research analyses the extend to which the different values mentioned in the preamble of the CBD are already included into a selection of European and international regulations related to biodiversity and to which extent a condensed amount of the same criteria is applied for comprehensive, transparent, and comparable evaluations. The study reveals that the established European and international biodiversity-related regulations do not sufficiently consider the different values of biodiversity, but also do not relate them to the same incomplete criteria. They still follow the traditional nature conservation approach, which has failed to halt the loss of biodiversity. Democratic participatory processes are needed, which integrate the different measures of Agenda 21 while applying the interdisciplinary evaluation framework of biodiversity for sustainable development.
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Zisenis, M. (2009):
To which extent is the interdisciplinary evaluation approach of the CBD reflected in European and international biodiversity-related regulations?
Biodivers. Conserv. 18 (3), 639 - 648 10.1007/s10531-008-9530-1