Mémoire
Résumé : | Biodiversity mainstreaming is an approach to integrate biodiversity conservation in development assistance, with the aim to mitigate global biodiversity loss. International biodiversity governance initiatives (such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and its COPs) provide a trigger to strengthen biodiversity mainstreaming, and require that progress towards biodiversity targets be monitored, in order to realize biodiversity-inclusive development assistance.In this study we applied the Delphi technique to gain insight into current biodiversity monitoring strategies and into the impact of international governance dynamics with respect to biodiversity mainstreaming among aid providers. Our results indicate that despite efforts towards biodiversity mainstreaming and its monitoring, challenges remain regarding consistency and comparability of indicators. Lack of biodiversity data (and lack of knowledge about how to access and use this data) and the inherent complexity of addressing biodiversity loss are commonly cited as key challenges by the Delphi respondents.The use of indicators and monitoring strategies is essential to improve biodiversity mainstreaming of providers as well as to inform evidence-based policy making.We found that providers strongly orient their own biodiversity mainstreaming and monitoring approach towards international biodiversity governance dynamics. The upcoming Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is expected to influence the strategies of bilateral aid providers.We conclude that the ambitions of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework are in line with the challenges experienced by providers with respect to biodiversity mainstreaming. However, clear linkages between biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction need to be adequately communicated to providers to achieve an effective and lasting mainstreaming of biodiversity. |