Global Environmental Governance, Civil Society and Wildlife: Birdsong After the Storm

ISBN-13: 9781472467744 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 168 str.

Margi Prideaux

Opis

The world is entering a period of unprecedented environmental and political change. By mid-century, climate change will cause dramatic ecosystem shifts. Hundreds, if not thousands, of species will disappear from the earth including icons like polar bears, gorillas, Asiatic lions and bluefin tuna. For many cultures species are place . As our cultivated global community erodes, international triage decisions about species and local ecosystems will commence and if we are not alert, these decisions will be made on our collective behalf, without local perspective or accountability. Global Environmental Governance, Civil Society and Wildlife illuminates a clear pathway for the environmental, non-governmental community to transition into a co-governance role. Many NGO diplomats have deeper experience and more technical knowledge about policy discussions than their government counterparts and are unburdened by sovereign constraints. The book puts forward the perspectives of developing world civil society and the case that it must play a more significant role in future decision making. Civil society from around the world must be welcomed by governments at the global environmental governance table if we are to hear birdsong after the storm. "

O autorze

Margi Prideaux is a specialist in wildlife policy development. She has a PhD on the development of wildlife policy and law. Dr Prideaux's research focus is on international policy relating to migratory species conservation, regional agreement development, marine protected areas and the role of local and global civil society in ’track one’ and ’track two’ international diplomacy. She has participated in more than 20 different international processes, has worked with a number of international conservation organisations and has served as Marine Policy Advisor to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). Dr Prideaux is the Policy Director for Wild Migration, a Research Associate with the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre and a Member of the Joint IUCN SSC/WCPA Marine Mammal Taskforce and the IUCN WCPA Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group. She writes at www.wildpolitics.co