Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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CO2-EOR: De impact van prijsonzekerheden op de investeringsbeslissing
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Some newly described archaeocete remains from the Eocene of the Helmstedt region, Germany
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Ovary organization and oogenesis of Haplotaxis sp. (Clitellata: Haplotaxidae)
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Joining science and policy in capacity development for monitoring progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in the global South
- In view of better linking conservation and sustainable development, it is imperative to optimize the transfer of biodiversity-related knowledge and technology from resource-rich countries to developing countries. All countries signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity are expected to report on their progress towards achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. However, weak data coverage and the technicality or even unavailability of indicators present major barriers to the monitoring of biodiversity as well as the development of adequate biodiversity policies and management plans in many countries of the global South, hence increasing the North-South knowledge and capacity gap. Capacity development in these countries may hence substantially enrich global biodiversity monitoring and policy. In this effort, ensuring that monitoring programs are realistic and sufficiently embedded in policy remains a challenge. To contribute to the mainstreaming of biodiversity into development cooperation, we developed a capacity development concept that links scientific data to policy development. To guarantee shared ownership, academic institutes and organisations or authorities with responsibilities in biodiversity policy were invited to jointly submit competitive “Monitoring, Reporting and Verification” (MRV) project applications. It appeared that especially ground truthing, economic valuation of biodiversity,and the application of modern technologies in biodiversity monitoring were missing capacities in the global South. Efforts are also required to increase the understanding and use of indicators to avoid them remaining a theoretical concept. As is observed with MRV in the carbon context, increased involvement of local communities is recommended in the global MRV framework, including techniques such as community-based Mapping, Measuring and Monitoring.
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Utilitarian framings of biodiversity shape environmental impact assessment in development cooperation
- Biodiversity is under threat from anthropogenic pressures, in particular in biodiversity-rich developing countries. Development cooperation actors, who traditionally focus on the improvement of socio-economic conditions in the South, are increasingly acknowledging the linkages between poverty and biodiversity, e.g. by referring to the ecosystem services framework. However, there are many different framings which stress the need for biodiversity integration and which influence how biodiversity and development are and/or should be linked. Moreover, there is a gap between the lip service paid to biodiversity integration and the reality of development cooperation interventions. This study analyses how biodiversity framings are reflected in environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice, and how these framings influence EIA and decision-making. The findings, based on an in-depth qualitative analysis of World Bank EIAs undertaken in West Africa, indicate the incoherent quality but also the dominance of the‘utilitarian’ and‘corrective’ framings, which respectively stress human use of nature and mitigation of negative unintended development impacts. Identifying and highlighting these discursive trends leads to increased awareness of the importance of biodiversity among all development actors in North and South. However, some framings may lead to an overly narrow human-centred approach which downplays the intrinsic value of biodiversity. This study proposes recommendations for an improved integration of biodiversity in development cooperation, including the need for more systematic baseline studies in EIAs.
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Les formations paléozoïques des sondages de Tournai et de Leuze
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Rugueux solitaires du Frasnien de la Belgique
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Massive and solitary rugose corals from the upper part of the Givetian and the Frasnian of Belgium
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Rugose corals
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Le Trou de Versailles ou Carrière à Roc de Rance
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Sédimentologie et paléoécologie de trois niveaux récifaux du Givetien inférieur de Resteigne (bord sud du Bassin de Dinant, Belgique)
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Le Frasnien dans la partie orientale du bord nord du Synclinorium de Namur
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Compte rendu de l'excursion de la Société belge de Géologie du 6 novembre 1985 consacrée à l'étude du sommet du Couvinien et du Givetien au bord sud du Bassin de Dinant, de Resteigne à Beauraing
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Nouvelles sous espèces de Phillipsastrea hennahi (LONSDALE, W., 1840) dans le Frasnien supérieur de la Belgique
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Description de deux espèces de Wapitiphyllum McLEAN, R.A. et PEDDER, A.E.H., 1984 récoltées dans le Frasnien de Huccorgne, au bord nord du Bassin de Namur
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Révision d'Heliophyllum halli MILNE EDWARDS et HAIME, espèce type du genre Heliophyllum HALL in DANA (Tétracoralliaire dévonien)
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Sédimentologie et Coraux du bioherme de marbre rouge frasnien ("F2j") de Tapoumont (Massif de Philippeville, Belgique)
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Rugose corals
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In Memoriam Alphonse Beugnies
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Lithostratigraphie et biostratigraphie du Givetien et du Frasnien du Massif de la Vesdre
