Roel Slootweg

Biodiversity in Environmental Assessment (eBook, PDF)

Enhancing Ecosystem Services for Human Well-Being

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Human induced development activities are introduced with insufficient attention to their consequences for our living environment, even in cases where environmental assessments have been carried out. This apparent lack of attention to biodiversity in environmental assessment is rooted in the difficulties we have in adequately addressing biodiversity within the scope, time frame and budget allocated for assessments. This book provides a conceptual background and practical approaches to overcome these difficulties. It integrates the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity, its ecosystem approach, and the conceptual framework of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment into a comprehensive approach to biodiversity in environmental assessment. It highlights the need to consider the value of biodiversity based on its use by each stakeholder, addresses the importance of both social and economic development to reach the Millennium Development Goals, and provides insights into ways to balance present and future needs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511687273
• Artikelnr.: 38197247

Autorenporträt

Roel Slootweg is an ecologist with a PhD in Environmental Science. His work focuses on natural resources management, with particular interest in the linkages between nature conservation, natural resources management, and social and economic development. His experience in environmental assessment includes assessment studies with strong emphasis on stakeholders' participation, scoping and review activities, capacity development and the development of new approaches for better assessment. Slootweg has worked on four continents. He presently owns a consultancy company: SevS Natural and Human Environment Consultants, Oegstgeest, The Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Ahmed Djoghlaf (the Executive Secretary of the Convention on
Biological Diversity); Preface; 1. Introduction Roel Slootweg, Asha
Rajvanshi, Vinod B. Mathur and Arend Kolhoff; 2. Interpretation of
biodiversity Roel Slootweg; 3. Biodiversity conservation and development:
challenges for impact assessment Asha Rajvanshi and Vinod B. Mathur; 4. The
impact assessment framework Roel Slootweg and Peter P. Mollinga; 5.
Environmental assessment Arend Kolhoff, Bobbi Schijf, Rob Verheem and Roel
Slootweg; 6. Biodiversity in environmental impact assessment Asha
Rajvanshi, Vinod B. Mathur and Roel Slootweg; 7. Biodiversity-inclusive
strategic environmental assessment Roel Slootweg; 8. Reconciling
conservation and development: the role of biodiversity offsets Asha
Rajvanshi and Vinod B. Mathur; 9. Valuation of ecosystem services: lessons
from influential cases Pieter J. H. van Beukering and Roel Slootweg;
Epilogue - issues in need of further exploration Roel Slootweg, Asha
Rajvanshi, Vinod B. Mathur and Arend Kolhoff; References; Annex: valuation
of ecosystem services: influential cases Pieter J.H. van Beukering, Roel
Slootweg and Desirée Immerzeel.