Exploring Options for Strengthening Sustainable Land Use within the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Timo Kaphengst; Franziska Wolff

Exploring Options for Strengthening Sustainable Land Use within the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

GLOBALANDS Discussion Paper

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Citation: Wolff, Franziska and Timo Kaphengst 2015: Exploring Options for Strengthening Sustainable Land Use within the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. GLOBALANDS Discussion Paper. Öko-Institut, Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

Wolff, Franziska and Timo Kaphengst 2015: Exploring Options for Strengthening Sustainable Land Use within the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. GLOBALANDS Discussion Paper. Öko-Institut, Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

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Timo Kaphengst

Senior Associate

Resource-Efficient Land Use – Towards a Global Sustainable Land Use Standard (GLOBALANDS)

Year 2015

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International Governance Screening of Global Urban Policies and their Impacts on Sustainable Land Use

Discussion Paper prepared by GLOBALANDS Project

Year 2015

Publication:Document

In this discussion paper Timo Kaphengst from Ecologic Institute approaches the question of how sustainable land use can be defined at a global scale. The paper thereby contributes to the concept of sustainable land use governance currently developed in the GLOBALANDS project. The discussion paper is available for download.

Towards a Definition of Global Sustainable Land Use?

A discussion on theory, concepts and implications for governance

Year 2014

Publication:Report

Ranging from climate policies over the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to biofuels and resource efficiency policies, this paper summarizes the most important political starting points for a more sustainable land use. It has been developed within the project GLOBALANDS and presents the main results of the analysis of more than 120 policies worldwide. The analysis focuses on the policies' objectives and mechanism as well as their relevance for sustainable land use. The full report will be available in August 2013.

Governance Screening of Global Land Use

Discussion Paper prepared by GLOBALANDS project, draft conclusions

Year 2013

Event:Workshop

GLOBALANDS: Global Land Use Governance - First International Workshop

27 May 2013
Berlin, Germany

Project

The pressure on land and natural resources is increasing worldwide. While there are many sectoral policies tackling different environmental problems, land use is not regulated in an integrated and overarching way. The discussion on sustainable biofuels and biomass highlights the continued lack of an effective and innovative framework to deal with complex land-use issues. The aim of the GLOBALANDS project is to identify existing land use policies and develop possible governance tools towards a more resource efficient and sustainable global land use.

Global Land Use and Sustainability (GLOBALANDS)

Sep 2011 - Jun 2014

Language: English
Authorship: Timo Kaphengst

Franziska Wolff (Öko-Institut)
Funding: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany

German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Year: 2015
Dimension: 26 pp.
Project: Global Land Use and Sustainability (GLOBALANDS)
Project ID: 2367

2393
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

1 Introduction
2 Sustainable land use: definition and international governance to date
3 Thematic cornerstones of sustainable land use in the CBD
3.1 Goals, targets and indicators
3.2 Fundamental principles
3.2.1 The Ecosystem Approach
3.2.2 The Addis Ababa Principles on Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
3.3 Thematic programmes of work
3.4 Conclusions
4 Options for strengthening the global governance of sustainable land use through the CBD
4.1 Agenda-setting: Starting to create a common understanding of what sustainable land use is
4.2 Promoting institutional coordination
4.3 Integrating sustainable land use concerns into existing policies and institutions
4.4 Creating new policies and institutions: a ‘Land Protocol’ under the CBD?
4.4.1 Under what formal conditions is it possible to adopt a CBD protocol?
4.4.2 Under what political conditions has it been possible to adopt the CBD protocols?
5 Conclusions
5 References
Keywords: Agriculture

Governance

Land Use

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