strategy
Increasing local autonomy of government biodiversity conservation programmes
Synonyms:
Promoting local authority involvement in the conservation of local biological diversity Description:
Devolving management of biological resources conservation projects to local level Context:
According to local circumstances and capacity, some functions of local government in devolved biodiversity management will be to: a) ensure that biodiversity considerations are effectively integrated into local strategies, plans and programmes; b) institute and participate in public education, awareness and training programmes; c) develop management plans for local resources that are under pressure; ensure that biodiversity considerations are integrated into land-use planning procedures for rural and urban areas; and d) encourage and prepare municipal open space systems which play a positive role in conserving and using biological resources sustainably. Claim:
Top-down concepts of biodiversity need to be contextualised: the concept needs to be transformed to a bottom-up concept in order to make the concept clear for everybody: from politician and government official, to ordinary man. Broader:
Promoting sustainable use of biodiversityDelegating sustainable development to appropriate levelStrengthening role of local authorities in sustainable developmentDecentralizing decisions to the lowest appropriate level Facilitates:
Promoting community involvement in environmental protectionBenefit-sharing of community level biodiversity conservation Facilitated by:
Promoting public participation in environmental decision-makingCombining public and private sector resources in biodiversity conservation Subjects:
Biosciences → BiologySociety → Local
Communication → Promotion
Government → Government
Government → Municipalities
Metapolitics → Political theories
Conservation → Conservation
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
