Mutual mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation and human development / Pierre L. Ibisch

Public ISBD Accompagne Interdependence of biodiversity and development global change / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montréal, Canada) Titre : Mutual mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation and human development : towards a more radical ecosystem approach Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur ; Peter Hobson, Auteur ; Alberto Vega E., Auteur Importance : p 15-34 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Mots-clés : BIODIVERSITE  DEVELOPPEMENT HUMAIN  APPROCHE ECOSYSTEMIQUE  DURABILITE  CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE Résumé : This paper recommends adopting a more intensive approach towards embedding principles and practice of ecosystem management in both the conservation sector and the wider development policy framework within and across state borders. In popularising the Ecosystem approach, by for instance formulating the Malawi principles that target a broad audience, it has been expanded, almost to the point of diluting and losing some important underpinning fundamental scientific concepts rooted in ecosystem science. In an attempt to retrieve the fundamental messages of the Ecosystem Approach, this paper proposes an analysis of a Radical Ecosystem Approach. Radical, in this instance, refers back to the roots of the concept, inviting conservationists to focus on the root causes of the problems that beleaguer the planet's ecosystems. In particular, recent evidence for human-induced climate change and the impact it is already having on biodiversity has added to the sense of urgency and the need for a much more radical reading and application of the Ecosystem Approach. Until now there has been no acknowledgment that all problems arising from biodiversity loss, soil degradation/desertification and climate change are symptoms of the same root causes. This being the case, any workable solution would require a fully integrative strategy based on (eco)system science. Thus, a Radical Ecosystem Approach could also serve as a common basis for further integration of the different Rio conventions. The approach, outlined in 15 principles within four groups, is based on conclusions distilled from an extensive body of scientific literature as well as from empirical data related to the interlinkages of human development and biodiversity. It is of crucial importance to recognize that the 'Earth super-ecosystem' is a complex system of higher order of nested and/or overlapping and interacting subsystems. Human systems are an integral and dependent part of the global ecosystem and all laws of nature that rule the functioning of the systems should apply to the anthroposystem. Maintaining the function of the global ecosystem and avoiding significant state shifts of the Earth system must be the overarching goal of human development and biodiversity conservation. A competent and conscious dealing with non-knowledge is a fundamental part of ecosystem management (under global change). A post-normal science perspective recognizes the cognitive limitations of humans and provides important insights for management of pluralistic complex systems, which goes beyond the basis of 'hard' scientific evidence. We also discuss strategic objectives for biodiversity conservation that should be focused on the root-causes of unsustainable development. Concrete elements for the implementation of a Radical Ecosystem Approach would include, amongst others, ecological economics and econics (a discipline that promotes the mimicking of ecological system dynamics and functioning for improved ecosystem management and functioning of socio-economic systems). Numéro du document : AA GVI Niveau Bibliographique : 5 Bull1 (Theme principale) : GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : POLITIQUE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Accompagne Interdependence of biodiversity and development global change / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Montréal, Canada) Mutual mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation and human development : towards a more radical ecosystem approach [texte imprimé] / Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur ; Peter Hobson, Auteur ; Alberto Vega E., Auteur . - [s.d.] . - p 15-34. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Mots-clés : BIODIVERSITE  DEVELOPPEMENT HUMAIN  APPROCHE ECOSYSTEMIQUE  DURABILITE  CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE Résumé : This paper recommends adopting a more intensive approach towards embedding principles and practice of ecosystem management in both the conservation sector and the wider development policy framework within and across state borders. In popularising the Ecosystem approach, by for instance formulating the Malawi principles that target a broad audience, it has been expanded, almost to the point of diluting and losing some important underpinning fundamental scientific concepts rooted in ecosystem science. In an attempt to retrieve the fundamental messages of the Ecosystem Approach, this paper proposes an analysis of a Radical Ecosystem Approach. Radical, in this instance, refers back to the roots of the concept, inviting conservationists to focus on the root causes of the problems that beleaguer the planet's ecosystems. In particular, recent evidence for human-induced climate change and the impact it is already having on biodiversity has added to the sense of urgency and the need for a much more radical reading and application of the Ecosystem Approach. Until now there has been no acknowledgment that all problems arising from biodiversity loss, soil degradation/desertification and climate change are symptoms of the same root causes. This being the case, any workable solution would require a fully integrative strategy based on (eco)system science. Thus, a Radical Ecosystem Approach could also serve as a common basis for further integration of the different Rio conventions. The approach, outlined in 15 principles within four groups, is based on conclusions distilled from an extensive body of scientific literature as well as from empirical data related to the interlinkages of human development and biodiversity. It is of crucial importance to recognize that the 'Earth super-ecosystem' is a complex system of higher order of nested and/or overlapping and interacting subsystems. Human systems are an integral and dependent part of the global ecosystem and all laws of nature that rule the functioning of the systems should apply to the anthroposystem. Maintaining the function of the global ecosystem and avoiding significant state shifts of the Earth system must be the overarching goal of human development and biodiversity conservation. A competent and conscious dealing with non-knowledge is a fundamental part of ecosystem management (under global change). A post-normal science perspective recognizes the cognitive limitations of humans and provides important insights for management of pluralistic complex systems, which goes beyond the basis of 'hard' scientific evidence. We also discuss strategic objectives for biodiversity conservation that should be focused on the root-causes of unsustainable development. Concrete elements for the implementation of a Radical Ecosystem Approach would include, amongst others, ecological economics and econics (a discipline that promotes the mimicking of ecological system dynamics and functioning for improved ecosystem management and functioning of socio-economic systems). Numéro du document : AA GVI Niveau Bibliographique : 5 Bull1 (Theme principale) : GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : POLITIQUE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT

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