Biodiversity and Development Co-operation

Abstract

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Monitoring biodiversity mainstreaming in development cooperation post-2020: Exploring ways forward

“…Improving biodiversity conservation, especially in highly biodiverse developing countries, is of central importance (Adenle et al, 2015;Hugé et al, 2020a). Hence the role of development cooperation (sensu OECD DAC, 2019) for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development is increasingly acknowledged among development partners, scholars and practitioners alike (Drutschinin et al, 2015;Huntley, 2014;Hugé et al, 2017;OECD, 2018). Development cooperation is a large source of financing for biodiversity-related actions (Waldron et al, 2013;CBD, 2019;OECD, 2020), whether through direct or indirect funding of biodiversity actions.…”

“…Hence, these sectors need to address biodiversity issues in order to curb the negative biodiversity trends, and even to improve the quality and quantity of nature's contributions to people. Entry points for biodiversity mainstreaming are located at different decision-making levels (national, sectoral, project or local) and mainstreaming typically requires the inclusion of a wide range of stakeholders (IIED and UNEP-WCMC, 2013; Drutschinin et al, 2015;Hugé et al, 2020a;Whitehorn et al, 2019).…”

“…the OECD, the World Bank, the European Union) and bilateral (i.e. individual countries) providers (Drutschinin et al, 2015;Kok et al, 2008;Persson, 2009), and is supported by the international policy architecture of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the SDGs are of central importance in guiding biodiversity mainstreaming in development cooperation (OECD, 2018).…”

“…The CBD Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the SDGs are of central importance in guiding biodiversity mainstreaming in development cooperation (OECD, 2018). Further, biodiversity mainstreaming in development cooperation is supported by a growing number of international organisations (e.g.the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Drutschinin et al, 2015)). Fig.…”

The Challenges of Assessing the Effectiveness of Biodiversity-Related Development Aid

“…Donor countries report their international financial support for biodiversity through both multilateral funds such as the GEF and through bilateral channels to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), flagged by the biodiversity Rio marker. Total bilateral biodiversity-related development aid (hereafter biodiversity aid) commitments by members of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) increased over the past decade, growing from US$3.7 billion per year in [2005][2006][2007] to US$5.6 billion per year on average in 2011-2013 (Drutschinin, Casado-Asensio, Corfee-Morlot, & Roe, 2015). While bilateral biodiversity aid is systematically reported by OECD DAC members, multilateral flows for biodiversity are not yet comprehensively tracked (Drutschinin & Ockenden, 2015), yet are estimated to be twice as high as bilateral flows (Miller, 2014).…”