Nature as an Asset or Nature as a Subject of Rights: Which way for addressing the global biodiversity crisis?
This is a hybrid event. To attend online, please register via the link below.
In 2021 and 2022, two high-level academic reports concerning the way humanity should deal with the fate of biodiversity were published: ‘The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review’ and the IPBES ‘Assessment on Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature’. The former conceptualises nature as an asset, while the latter acknowledges a wide diversity of ways of conceiving of and valuing nature. As an expression of such diversity, for an increasing number of people across the globe, ecosystems should hold legal personhood as a way of gaining protection. Should we address the global biodiversity crisis as a portfolio management or as a rights recognition problem? This talk will consider the clash between these two views.
Date: 11 November 2022, 17:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 2
Speaker: Roldan Muradian (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil)
Organising department: Oxford Department of International Development
Organiser contact email address: jo.boyce@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Climate Change and the Challenges of Development
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iJusbc11Ru2eAIxLFzvmeA
Audience: Public
Editor: Jo Boyce