Private sector involvement in the millennium ecosystem assessment: Using a UN platform to promote market‐based instruments for ecosystem services

Hrabanski Marie. 2017. Private sector involvement in the millennium ecosystem assessment: Using a UN platform to promote market‐based instruments for ecosystem services. Environmental Policy and Governance, 27 (6) : 605-618.

Résumé : The article analyses the implication of private sector representatives in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) (2001–2005). The article shows that, before this international biodiversity assessment, firms were involved in three coalitions: the greenhouse gas pro‐trading coalition, the voluntary private standard coalition and the payment for environmental services coalition. These three coalitions all advocated a particular style of regulation that gave overwhelming emphasis to market‐based policy instruments. Corporate experts from the three coalitions identified were recruited to participate in the MEA. Thanks to the political visibility given to the ecosystem services concept by the MEA, private industry was able to strengthen and legitimize its actions in favour of market‐based environmental governance. At the same time, associating private sector representatives with the MEA process made it easier to disseminate the concept of ecosystem services.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : objectif du Millénaire pour le développement, entreprise privée, gaz à effet de serre, biodiversité, norme, rétribution au titre des services des écosystèmes, services écosystémiques, politique de l'environnement

Classification Agris : P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières
E21 - Agro-industrie

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 6 (2014-2018) - Sociétés, natures et territoires

Auteurs et affiliations

• Hrabanski Marie, CIRAD-ES-UMR ART-DEV (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-8214-9834 - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/589282/)

Métriques

[ Page générée et mise en cache le 2024-04-04 ]