Non-state actors and transnational-local environmental governance: the impact of the cooperation among companies, NGOs and governments

Author(s)

Murilo Alves Zacareli

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Relações Internacionais (IRI)
• Defense date: 2019-06-17

Examining board members

João Paulo Candia Veiga; Pedro Roberto Jacobi; Janina Onuki; Fernanda Mello Sant'Anna

• Advisor: João Paulo Candia Veiga

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the rise of non-state actors in International Environmental Politics. More precisely, it tackles the cooperation among NGOs, local communities and the private sector in transnational arenas, the \"new mode\" of global governance. The aim is to show that non-state actors have played a major role in biodiversity governance as \"global governors\" given that International Organizations have increasingly delegated functional roles to non-state actors. Through case studies involving the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, the Union for Ethical BioTrade, and Natura, this research study contributes theoretically and empirically to the literature in International Relations and Political Science by answering the following research question: to what extent do NGOs, the private sector and local communities contribute to the implementation process of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)? (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/05496-0 - From the intergovernmental multilateral to the public-private transnational: the Standard-Setting influence on the enforcement of the international environmental regime for the biodiversity
• Grantee: Murilo Alves Zacareli
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate