No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes
With biodiversity being lost at unprecedented rates, mitigating the impacts of development projects is a growing concern. International best practice indicates that projects located in natural habitats must achieve no net loss of biodiversity, or preferably a net gain. To do so, when development projects generate impacts on biodiversity that could not be sufficiently avoided or reduced, offsets must be designed and implemented to effectively and fully compensate for the residual loss of biodiversity, by generating measurable conservation gains elsewhere. There are considerable technical and organizational challenges to designing and implementing biodiversity offsets, which must also respect the legal and customary rights of local populations. Offset frameworks have been put in place in several countries worldwide but, in many circumstances, it is financial institutions and multinational companies that require these approaches as part of their risk management strategies. As such, they represent an important external influence on the future of tropical forested landscapes. A further challenge, however, is that developing countries, eager to access their natural resources, don't all share this ambition. We illustrate this with mining development in the tropical forest landscape which straddles the borders of Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Conservationists fear that the infrastructure being built to service an emerging iron ore province will reduce a large intact forest landscape to a mosaic of isolated protected areas no longer fit to conserve its mega-fauna or maintain large scale ecosystem processes. We use companion modelling techniques to build a model of the socio-ecological system, and develop future scenarios. In doing so, we map the role of various actors in making these futures possible. A key conclusion is that managing the impacts of mining development requires a strategic and multi-sectorial landscape-level approach, rather than dealing with each separate project sequentially. We identify key enabling conditions for this to happen, including sciencebased knowledge and tools, and more effective institutions. These lessons are applicable to other large intact forest landscapes under threat from infrastructure and industrial development, and we discuss the role of international best practices in driving the future of these tropical forested landscapes. (Texte intégral)
Main Authors: | , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
Published: |
ATBC
|
Subjects: | P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, E14 - Économie et politique du développement, K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, 000 - Autres thèmes, |
Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/581197/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/581197/1/Page%20217%20de%20ATBC%202016-11.pdf |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
dig-cirad-fr-581197 |
---|---|
record_format |
koha |
spelling |
dig-cirad-fr-5811972021-06-04T15:22:33Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/581197/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/581197/ No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes. Quétier Fabien, De Wachter Pauwel, Dessard Hélène, Feintrenie Laurene, Garcia Claude. 2016. In : Tropical ecology and society reconciliating conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Program and abstracts. Plinio Sist (ed.), Stéphanie Carrière (ed.), Pia Parolin (ed.), Pierre-Michel Forget (ed.). ATBC. Storrs : ATBC, Résumé, p. 217. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC 2016), Montpellier, France, 19 Juin 2016/23 Juin 2016. Researchers No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes Quétier, Fabien De Wachter, Pauwel Dessard, Hélène Feintrenie, Laurene Garcia, Claude eng 2016 ATBC Tropical ecology and society reconciliating conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Program and abstracts P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières E14 - Économie et politique du développement K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales 000 - Autres thèmes With biodiversity being lost at unprecedented rates, mitigating the impacts of development projects is a growing concern. International best practice indicates that projects located in natural habitats must achieve no net loss of biodiversity, or preferably a net gain. To do so, when development projects generate impacts on biodiversity that could not be sufficiently avoided or reduced, offsets must be designed and implemented to effectively and fully compensate for the residual loss of biodiversity, by generating measurable conservation gains elsewhere. There are considerable technical and organizational challenges to designing and implementing biodiversity offsets, which must also respect the legal and customary rights of local populations. Offset frameworks have been put in place in several countries worldwide but, in many circumstances, it is financial institutions and multinational companies that require these approaches as part of their risk management strategies. As such, they represent an important external influence on the future of tropical forested landscapes. A further challenge, however, is that developing countries, eager to access their natural resources, don't all share this ambition. We illustrate this with mining development in the tropical forest landscape which straddles the borders of Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Conservationists fear that the infrastructure being built to service an emerging iron ore province will reduce a large intact forest landscape to a mosaic of isolated protected areas no longer fit to conserve its mega-fauna or maintain large scale ecosystem processes. We use companion modelling techniques to build a model of the socio-ecological system, and develop future scenarios. In doing so, we map the role of various actors in making these futures possible. A key conclusion is that managing the impacts of mining development requires a strategic and multi-sectorial landscape-level approach, rather than dealing with each separate project sequentially. We identify key enabling conditions for this to happen, including sciencebased knowledge and tools, and more effective institutions. These lessons are applicable to other large intact forest landscapes under threat from infrastructure and industrial development, and we discuss the role of international best practices in driving the future of these tropical forested landscapes. (Texte intégral) conference_item info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/581197/1/Page%20217%20de%20ATBC%202016-11.pdf text Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html http://agritrop.cirad.fr/581138/ |
institution |
CIRAD FR |
collection |
DSpace |
country |
Francia |
countrycode |
FR |
component |
Bibliográfico |
access |
En linea |
databasecode |
dig-cirad-fr |
tag |
biblioteca |
region |
Europa del Oeste |
libraryname |
Biblioteca del CIRAD Francia |
language |
eng |
topic |
P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières E14 - Économie et politique du développement K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales 000 - Autres thèmes P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières E14 - Économie et politique du développement K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales 000 - Autres thèmes |
spellingShingle |
P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières E14 - Économie et politique du développement K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales 000 - Autres thèmes P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières E14 - Économie et politique du développement K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales 000 - Autres thèmes Quétier, Fabien De Wachter, Pauwel Dessard, Hélène Feintrenie, Laurene Garcia, Claude No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes |
description |
With biodiversity being lost at unprecedented rates, mitigating the impacts of development projects is a growing concern. International best practice indicates that projects located in natural habitats must achieve no net loss of biodiversity, or preferably a net gain. To do so, when development projects generate impacts on biodiversity that could not be sufficiently avoided or reduced, offsets must be designed and implemented to effectively and fully compensate for the residual loss of biodiversity, by generating measurable conservation gains elsewhere. There are considerable technical and organizational challenges to designing and implementing biodiversity offsets, which must also respect the legal and customary rights of local populations. Offset frameworks have been put in place in several countries worldwide but, in many circumstances, it is financial institutions and multinational companies that require these approaches as part of their risk management strategies. As such, they represent an important external influence on the future of tropical forested landscapes. A further challenge, however, is that developing countries, eager to access their natural resources, don't all share this ambition. We illustrate this with mining development in the tropical forest landscape which straddles the borders of Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Conservationists fear that the infrastructure being built to service an emerging iron ore province will reduce a large intact forest landscape to a mosaic of isolated protected areas no longer fit to conserve its mega-fauna or maintain large scale ecosystem processes. We use companion modelling techniques to build a model of the socio-ecological system, and develop future scenarios. In doing so, we map the role of various actors in making these futures possible. A key conclusion is that managing the impacts of mining development requires a strategic and multi-sectorial landscape-level approach, rather than dealing with each separate project sequentially. We identify key enabling conditions for this to happen, including sciencebased knowledge and tools, and more effective institutions. These lessons are applicable to other large intact forest landscapes under threat from infrastructure and industrial development, and we discuss the role of international best practices in driving the future of these tropical forested landscapes. (Texte intégral) |
format |
conference_item |
topic_facet |
P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières E14 - Économie et politique du développement K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales 000 - Autres thèmes |
author |
Quétier, Fabien De Wachter, Pauwel Dessard, Hélène Feintrenie, Laurene Garcia, Claude |
author_facet |
Quétier, Fabien De Wachter, Pauwel Dessard, Hélène Feintrenie, Laurene Garcia, Claude |
author_sort |
Quétier, Fabien |
title |
No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes |
title_short |
No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes |
title_full |
No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes |
title_fullStr |
No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes |
title_full_unstemmed |
No net loss of biodiversity? Mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes |
title_sort |
no net loss of biodiversity? mitigating development impacts and the future of tropical forested landscapes |
publisher |
ATBC |
url |
http://agritrop.cirad.fr/581197/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/581197/1/Page%20217%20de%20ATBC%202016-11.pdf |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT quetierfabien nonetlossofbiodiversitymitigatingdevelopmentimpactsandthefutureoftropicalforestedlandscapes AT dewachterpauwel nonetlossofbiodiversitymitigatingdevelopmentimpactsandthefutureoftropicalforestedlandscapes AT dessardhelene nonetlossofbiodiversitymitigatingdevelopmentimpactsandthefutureoftropicalforestedlandscapes AT feintrenielaurene nonetlossofbiodiversitymitigatingdevelopmentimpactsandthefutureoftropicalforestedlandscapes AT garciaclaude nonetlossofbiodiversitymitigatingdevelopmentimpactsandthefutureoftropicalforestedlandscapes |
_version_ |
1758025033272262656 |