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Embedding Biodiversity Modelling in the Policy Process

Embedding Biodiversity Modelling in the Policy Process

Nguyen Dieu Trinh, Wilbert van Rooij
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781609606190|ISBN10: 1609606191|EISBN13: 9781609606206
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-619-0.ch019
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Trinh, Nguyen Dieu, and Wilbert van Rooij. "Embedding Biodiversity Modelling in the Policy Process." Land Use, Climate Change and Biodiversity Modeling: Perspectives and Applications, edited by Yongyut Trisurat, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 388-401. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-619-0.ch019

APA

Trinh, N. D. & van Rooij, W. (2011). Embedding Biodiversity Modelling in the Policy Process. In Y. Trisurat, R. Shrestha, & R. Alkemade (Eds.), Land Use, Climate Change and Biodiversity Modeling: Perspectives and Applications (pp. 388-401). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-619-0.ch019

Chicago

Trinh, Nguyen Dieu, and Wilbert van Rooij. "Embedding Biodiversity Modelling in the Policy Process." In Land Use, Climate Change and Biodiversity Modeling: Perspectives and Applications, edited by Yongyut Trisurat, Rajendra P. Shrestha, and Rob Alkemade, 388-401. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-619-0.ch019

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Abstract

Biodiversity modeling for supporting policy processes is a relatively new field. Models can help policy makers to get a quick assessment of biodiversity and provide them with answers to some of their key questions on biodiversity. Models also allow them to evaluate the effects of proposed environmental policies on biodiversity and whether the policies are likely to meet their environmental targets and thus allow policies to be revised accordingly to meet the targets. In order to use modeling as a standard tool to support policy makers, it should be embedded in a policy process. The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is such a process that is well suited to include biodiversity modeling. Besides, it is forward-looking, has proper scale and timing components, and it needs an integrated approach to link social consequences on land use change and impacts on biodiversity. The modeled impacts on biodiversity can be used in SEA to guide the decision process. The results of the GLOBIO3 application at national level in Vietnam were considered useful for policymakers; however, the tools are not yet properly embedded in a policy context requiring number of conditions to be met to deliver appropriate information to the policy makers.

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