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Mine Islar

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Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development : Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development

Author

  • Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers
  • Jona Razzaque
  • Pamela McElwee
  • Esther Turnhout
  • Eszter Kelemen
  • Graciela M. Rusch
  • Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares
  • Ivis Chan
  • Michelle Lim
  • Mine Islar
  • Ambika P Gautam
  • Meryl Williams
  • Eric Mungatana
  • Md Saiful Karim
  • Roldan Muradian
  • Leah R Gerber
  • Gabriel Lui
  • Jinlong Liu
  • Joachim H. Spangenberg
  • Dara Zaleski
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Summary, in English

While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative change necessary for achieving global sustainability goals. Based on a literature review, the article unpacks this concept of transformative governance. It is: integrative, to ensure local solutions also have sustainable impacts elsewhere (across scales, places, issues and sectors); inclusive, to empower those whose interests are currently not being met and represent values embodying transformative change for sustainability; adaptive, enabling learning, experimentation, and reflexivity, to cope with the complexity of transformative change; and pluralist, recognizing different knowledge systems. We argue that only when these four governance approaches are: implemented in conjunction; operationalized in a specific manner; and focused on addressing the indirect drivers underlying sustainability issues, governance becomes transformative.

Department/s

  • LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)

Publishing year

2021-06-28

Language

English

Pages

20-28

Publication/Series

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volume

53

Issue

21

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Environmental Sciences
  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1877-3443