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Oceans at Rio+20
(Conservation Letters, 2013)In this article, we examine oceans outcomes from the Third United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (or Rio+20) in relation to how ocean problems and solutions were defined and by whom. We highlight the extent ... -
On the Coattails of Climate? Opportunities and Threats of a Warming Earth for Biodiversity Conservation
(Global Environmental Change, 2012)The relationship between climate change and biodiversity was a central issue at the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In this paper we draw from participant observation ... -
Orchestrating Consent: Post-politics and Intensification of NatureTM Inc. at the 2012 World Conservation Congress
(Conservation and Society, 2014)This article reports on the results of a collaborative event ethnography (CEE) conducted at the 2012 World Conservation Congress (WCC) on Jeju Island, South Korea. The WCC is organised every four years by the International ... -
Producing Targets for Conservation: Science and Politics at the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(Global Environmental Politics, 2014)The use of targets as statements of shared aspiration has increased in global governance, 1 as support for regulatory approaches to environmental protection has declined in favor of liberal and neoliberal ones.2 In 2002, ... -
Scalar Politics and the Region: Strategies for Transcending Pacific Island Smallness on a Global Environmental Governance Stage
(Environment and Planning A, 2013)This paper examines the process through which a region was enacted and politically mobilized at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). We draw on concepts ... -
Science, Policy Advocacy, and Marine Protected Areas
(Conservation Biology, 2008)Much has been written in recent years regarding whether and to what extent scientists should engage in the policy process, and the focus has been primarily on the issue of advocacy. Despite extensive theoretical discussions, ... -
Sea Change: Exploring the International Effort to Promote Marine Protected Areas
(Conservation and Society, 2010)Citing multiple threats to marine biodiversity and resources, the international marine conservation community is promoting greater adoption of marine protected areas (MPAs). Like terrestrial protected areas, MPAs are ... -
Seizing Center Stage: Ecosystem Service, Live, at the Convention on Biological Diversity!
(Human Geography, 2013)Over the past decade, the concept of ecosystem services has become a central guiding framework for environmental conservation. Techniques of valuation, payments to protect ecosystem services, and efforts to put a price on ... -
Setting the Stage for Biofuels: Policy Texts, Community of Practice, and Institutional Ambiguity at the Fourth World Conservation Congress
(Conservation and Society, 2010)This paper explores the discussion on biofuels within the fourth World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Barcelona. The focus on energy and biofuels at the WCC was a change from previous Congresses, highlighting a new negotiation ... -
Setting the Stage for New Global Knowledge: Science, Economics, and Indigenous Knowledge in 'The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity' at the Fourth World Conservation Congress
(Conservation and Society, 2010)Global environmental knowledge underwrites the authority of international institutions charged with managing climate change, biodiversity loss and other looming environmental problems. While numerous studies show how global ... -
Sorting Out Roles and Defining Divides: Social Sciences at the World Conservation Congress
(Conservation and Society, 2010)Many conservation practitioners and scholars have called for increasing involvement of the social sciences in conservation and better integration among the various disciplines engaged in conservation practice. This research ... -
Studying Global Environmental Meetings to Understand Global Environmental Governance: Collaborative Event Ethnography at the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(Global Environmental Politics, 2014)The papers in this issue of Global Environmental Politics result from a research innovation we call collaborative event ethnography (CEE),1 applied at the 2010 Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Convention on ... -
TEEB Begins Now': A Virtual Moment in the Production of Natural Capital
(Development and Change, 2012)This article uses theories of virtualism to analyse the role of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) project in the production of natural capital. Presented at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the ... -
The Devil is in the (Bio)diversity: Private Sector "Engagement" and the Restructuring of Biodiversity Conservation
(Antipode, 2010)Intensified relations between biodiversity conservation organizations and privatesector actors are analyzed through a historical perspective that positions biodiversity conservation as an organized political project. Within ... -
The Politics of Indigeneity: Indigenous Strategies for Inclusion in Climate Change Negotiations
(Conservation and Society, 2010)Indigenous environmental activists have clearly articulated their views on global climate change policy. The content of these views was explored during the 10-day 2008 World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Barcelona. Data ... -
The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to Neoliberalisation in Southeastern Mexico
(Antipode, 2010)This article builds upon the literature on neoliberalism and environment as well as studies on community forestry by examining the creative accommodations that rural producers have made in navigating Mexico’s neoliberal ... -
The Right to Resist: Disciplining Civil Society at Rio+20
(The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2015)Drawing on a collaborative ethnographic study of the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and its preparatory meetings, we examine how the official UN ‘participatory’ process for engaging civil ... -
Toward a Social Science Research Agenda for Large Marine Protected Areas
(Conservation Letters, 2015)Large marine protected areas (LMPAs) are a high-profile trend in global marine conservation. Although the social sciences have become well integrated into marine protected area research and practice, human dimensions ... -
What Does Collaborative Event Ethnography Tell Us About Global Environmental Governance?
(Global Environmental Politics, 2014)This special issue on collaborative event ethnography (CEE) provides an important contribution to our understanding of global environmental governance (GEG), illustrating the value of ethnographic work to analyze how ...