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1. Resolving Human Wildlife Conflict in Botswana Through Social Protection

Author:
Israel R. Blackie
Publication Date:
05-2021
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis
Abstract:
This policy brief is based on a national tracer survey covering 66 villages in Botswana. The main aim of the study was to ascertain the magnitude and social impacts of human wildlife conflict (HWC) on victims and their families. In addition, the study sought to assess the relevance and effectiveness of the ex gratia compensation scheme to victims of wild animals’ attack which was introduced in 2015. The key findings reveal that local people exposed to life threatening wildlife attacks express fear and animosity towards wild animals, and also feel rejected and disappointed from a fragmented government service delivery system. Major policy recommendations to be considered by government and other stakeholders include provision of comprehensive therapeutic rehabilitation and reconstructive surgery to HWC victims, comprehensive compensation according to the severity of injuries sustained, and establishment of an Ex Gratia Scheme or Ex Gratia Tribunal.
Topic:
Economics, Environment, International Political Economy, Sustainability, Ecology, and Wildlife
Political Geography:
Africa and Botswana

2. What do investors in electric vehicles technologies want?

Author:
Bettina Kast, Eva Bortolotti, and Joëlle Noailly
Publication Date:
09-2020
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Centre for International Environmental Studies, The Graduate Institute (IHEID)
Abstract:
With 25% of worldwide emissions due to road transport, the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs), full battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles – presents many promises to mitigate climate change. Despite its rapid growth, the market share of EVs vehicle remains low in Europe. Norway leads the EV market with 10% of total vehicle stock, followed by Iceland (3.3%), the Netherlands (1.9%) and Sweden (1.6%) (IEA, 2019). This Policy Brief presents the results of a survey among European clean tech investors examining which policy instruments and design can best mobilize private investments to advance e-mobility technologies.
Topic:
Environment, Science and Technology, Green Technology, Private Sector, Transportation, and Ecology
Political Geography:
Europe, Norway, and Netherlands

3. The risk to biodiversity along China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Author:
Alex Lechner, Hoong Chen Teo, and Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz
Publication Date:
06-2019
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Asia Research Institute, University of Nottingham
Abstract:
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) poses a great risk to biodiversity, particularly as many of the infrastructure projects are due to take place in regions that are home to threatened and endangered species found nowhere else in the world. This policy brief makes recommendations for the UK government to develop a BRI Biodiversity Strategy.
Topic:
Environment, Brexit, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and Ecology
Political Geography:
Britain and China

4. Diversidad biocultural y desarrollo económico local

Author:
C. Julián Idrobo, Katherine Turner, and Diana Lara
Publication Date:
10-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre Desarrollo (CIDER), Universidad de los Andes
Abstract:
Colombia es uno de los países con mayor diversidad biocultural en el planeta, pero los beneficios de esta han sido históricamente acaparados por unos pocos. Áreas protegidas que pocos pueden visitar y que han generado desplazamientos de pueblos indígenas, esquemas de pagos por servicios ambientales y turismo controlado por élites son ejemplos de cómo procesos de planeación han contribuido a la alienación de los pueblos indígenas, afrocolombianos y campesinos de sus recursos. Sin embargo, cambios recientes en las leyes y políticas públicas, paralelo a procesos de empoderamiento local comienzan a garantizar una gestión recursos locales de acuerdo a deseos y aspiraciones locales. En este capítulo abordamos la relación entre la diversidad biocultural y el desarrollo económico local desde una perspectiva que enfatiza la manera en que los pueblos indígenas, afros y campesinos del país podrían acceder a los beneficios directos e indirectos de los recursos propios de sus territorios para materializar sus proyectos de vida y mejorar su bienestar. Desarrollamos esta temática a través de una conceptualización que reconoce la diversidad biocultural desde una condición donde lo biológico y lo cultural son parte de un todo indivisible, al igual que las consecuencias que ha traído tratarla como dos entes separados (i.e., diversidad biológica y cultural). Usamos al ecoturismo y la conservación de la diversidad biocultural como plataformas para analizar las tensiones entre perspectivas eurocéntricas y las que han emergido desde las visiones de los pueblos indígenas y locales. Finalmente, abordamos el desarrollo rural territorial y el crecimiento verde desde una mirada articula la gestión de la diversidad biocultural a partir de las necesidades y aspiraciones de pueblos indígenas y locales. Concluimos este documento con una reflexión sobre el futuro y alternativas de la diversidad biocultural en el contexto del desarrollo económico local.
Topic:
Environment, Rural, Economic Development, Ecology, and Biodiversity
Political Geography:
Colombia