Deciding over nature: Corruption and environmental impact assessments

Williams, Aled; Dupuy, Kendra

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2017.05.002

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“…There are a number of relevant global auditing regimes in place, almost all operated by non government organisations (NGOs; some receive government agency funding) like Transparency International’s corruption index – seen as valuable though subject to a number of criticisms (see, for example, Baumann, 2017; Madlovics and Magyar, 2019). Auditing regimes are confined to particular spheres but in practice they interact as in cases where corruption affects environmental impact assessments (Williams and Dupuy, 2016). The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has developed an array of standards including food safety, environmental and energy management for businesses.…”

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confidence: 99%

Five challenges to humanity: Learning from pattern/repeat failures in past disasters?

Quinlan

2020

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

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Human civilisation faces a series of existential threats from the combination of five global and human-engineered challenges, namely climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, overpopulation and rising social inequality. These challenges are arguably being manifested in both an increased likelihood and magnified impact of catastrophes like forest fires, prolonged droughts, pandemics and social dislocation/upheaval. This article argues that in understanding and addressing these challenges, important lessons can be drawn from what has repeatedly caused organisational failures. It applies the ‘Ten Pathways to Disaster’ model to a series of disasters/catastrophic events and then argues this model is salient to understanding inadequate responses to the five threats to civilisation. The article argues that because these challenges interact in mutually reinforcing ways, it is critical to address them simultaneously not in isolation. JEL Codes: H12, I14, I31, J11, Q01

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Five challenges to humanity: Learning from pattern/repeat failures in past disasters?

Quinlan

2020

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

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“…72,73 Corruption and uneven power dynamics can also play a role. 28,74 Situations in which groups with a vested interest in development proceeding hold undue influence over the mitigation hierarchy process are commonplace in EIAs through which many NNL systems are implemented. 75 For example, in some countries, companies commissioning EIAs from consultants are permitted to withhold payment until the EIA is delivered, thus holding leverage over consultants to incentivize favorable EIA reports that underestimate negative biodiversity impacts and, thus, the degree of avoidance required.…”

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“…75 For example, in some countries, companies commissioning EIAs from consultants are permitted to withhold payment until the EIA is delivered, thus holding leverage over consultants to incentivize favorable EIA reports that underestimate negative biodiversity impacts and, thus, the degree of avoidance required. 74 Application of avoidance can also be suppressed by governments if they perceive strong geopolitical incentives to promote infrastructure development. For example, dam construction in the Brazilian Amazon cannot be reconciled with achieving NNL in biodiversity; 12,76,77 however, the government perceives access to hydroelectric energy to be a geopolitical priority that supersedes avoiding impacts to irreplaceable biodiversity.…”

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The Role of “No Net Loss” Policies in Conserving Biodiversity Threatened by the Global Infrastructure Boom

Ermgassen

Utamiputri²,

Bennun

et al. 2019

One Earth

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Over US$60 trillion is predicted to be spent on new infrastructure globally by 2040. Is it possible to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 (develop infrastructure networks) without sacrificing goals 14 and 15 (ending biodiversity loss)? We explore the potential role of ''no net loss'' (NNL) policies in reconciling these SDGs. We assess country-level overlaps between planned infrastructure expansion, infrastructure-threatened biodiversity, and national biodiversity compensation policies and find that around half of predicted infrastructure and infrastructure-threatened biodiversity falls within countries with some form of mandatory compensation policy. However, these policies currently have shortcomings, are unlikely to achieve NNL in biodiversity, and could risk doing more harm than good. We summarize policy transformations required for NNL policies to mitigate all infrastructure impacts on biodiversity. To achieve SDGs 9 alongside 14 and 15, capitalizing on the global coverage of mandatory compensation policies and rapidly transforming them into robust NNL policies (emphasizing impact avoidance) should be an urgent priority.

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“…Par exemple, il est plus aisé pour l'aménageur de s'engager sur des mesures de réduction que d'évitement et de compensation. (Williams et Dupuy, 2017). Ceci peut ensuite être déterminant sur le contenu et l'efficacité de l'étude d'impact (Cashmore et Axelsson, 2013 ;Cashmore et Richardson, 2013 ;Runhaar et al, 2013).…”

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De la théorie à la pratique de la séquence Éviter-Réduire-Compenser (ERC) : éviter ou légitimer la perte de biodiversité ?

Bigard¹,

Regnery²,

Pioch³

et al. 2018

developpementdurable

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Deciding over nature: Corruption and environmental impact assessments

Cited by 59 publications

References 20 publications

Five challenges to humanity: Learning from pattern/repeat failures in past disasters?

Five challenges to humanity: Learning from pattern/repeat failures in past disasters?

The Role of “No Net Loss” Policies in Conserving Biodiversity Threatened by the Global Infrastructure Boom

De la théorie à la pratique de la séquence Éviter-Réduire-Compenser (ERC) : éviter ou légitimer la perte de biodiversité ?

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