From the intergovernmental multilateral to the public-private transnational: the Standard-Setting influence on the enforcement of the international environmental regime for the biodiversity

• Grant number: 15/05496-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: June 01, 2015
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - International Politics
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: João Paulo Cândia Veiga
• Grantee: Murilo Alves Zacareli
• Host Institution: Instituto de Relações Internacionais (IRI). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/08539-4 - Unravelling the Local Puzzle of Biodiversity Governance: The Case of the Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs), BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the influence of Standards produced and/or implemented by NGOs and the private sector (transnational non-state actors) in the definition of the regulatory frameworks with regard to the use of biodiversity and Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) contemplated by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Nagoya Protocol. The global and local dimensions of a (multilateral intergovernmental) international regime for biodiversity are articulated and its enforcement is largely carried out by non-state actors in a public-private transnational context. There are few interdisciplinary studies on environmental policy and governance that connect local and international dynamics. Thus, this research is justified by the need to fill a gap in the literature and in the empirical studies of International Relations and Political Science regarding transnationalism related to environment-related issues, more specifically, to biodiversity and to the influence in decision-making both in the domestic and in the international domains by non-state actors. The research has a hypothetical-deductive character and uses the process-tracing and the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as methodological resources to investigate the nuances that can establish the correlation and/or causality between Standards (independent/explanatory variable) and the enforcement (dependent variable) of the international environmental regime for biodiversity. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ZACARELI, Murilo Alves. Non-state actors and transnational-local environmental governance: the impact of the cooperation among companies, NGOs and governments. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Relações Internacionais (IRI) São Paulo.