Corporate Biodiversity Management for Sustainable Growth: Assessment of Policies and Action Plans

  • 4h 40m
  • Amitabh Pandey, Aparna Watve, Ravi Sharma
  • Springer
  • 2020

This book aims to cover the multitude of corporate approaches towards mainstreaming biodiversity conservation and ecological management in policies and action plans, and explores the roles of these efforts in achieving national and global targets for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The book addresses various aspects of corporate actions such as corporate environmental responsibility, green businesses, market-based approaches to biodiversity conservation, and biodiversity trade-offs, and includes concept papers, reviews, and case studies presenting qualitative and quantitative research. Additionally, the text compares and assesses examples of positive and negative impacts of corporate involvement in biodiversity conservation in developed and developing countries to identify innovative approaches, and the best practices and models that can be replicated in diverse environmental conditions. The studies included in the book will help those working in the field of corporate involvement in biodiversity conservation, and outline the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches which will be useful for designing new environmental management action plans in the face of climate change. The book will also be of great value to researchers, academicians, policy makers, civil society groups, policy think tanks, and conservation managers.

About the Authors

Dr. Ravi Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy and Environment at Symbiosis International University in Pune, India. His research interests include environmental management systems, life cycle assessment and sustainability, ecology, environmental monitoring, ecotourism, environmental impact assessment, and biodiversity.

Dr. Aparna Watve is a research scientist for the Biome Conservation Foundation in Pune, India. His research interests include biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration, ecosystem processes, sustainable livelihoods, participatory approaches to conservation, environmental impact assessment, and environment and society interactions.

Dr. Amitabh Pandey is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Anthropology and Sociology at the Indian Institute of Forest Management in Bhopal. His research interests include social entrepreneurship, sustainable livelihoods, corporate social responsibility, and adaptive management.

In this Book

  • Abbreviations
  • Corporate Biodiversity Management—Expanding the Horizons of Managing Biodiversity and Environmental Management
  • Identification of Biodiversity Informatics Needs to Support Biodiversity Net Gains Reporting by Corporates in India
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Role in Biodiversity Conservation—Policy Action and Good Governance
  • A Solution to Deforestation Through the Amalgamation of Biodiversity Conservation and Web Search Engines—A Case of Implications of Ecosia in Indonesia
  • Does Nature Conservation Matter to Corporations?
  • The Deer That Rode a Car—Role of CSR in Natural Resource Conservation
  • Ecotourism—An Innovative Approach to Biodiversity Conservation and Community Development
  • A Corporate Partnership Helping Papua New Guinea Create a National Protected Area System—The Case of the Porgera Joint Venture Mine
  • Landscape Restoration and Community Involvement in Biodiversity Conservation
  • Biodiversity Conservation Action by Corporate Houses—A Study of Tata and Godrej Group in India
  • The 2% Solution—Understanding Opportunities for Biodiversity
  • Pirojshanagar—An Illustration of Co-Existence and Biodiversity Conservation since Seven Decades
  • Natural Capital Management, Business Opportunities, and Framework—A Case for Automotive Sector
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