Institutional interplay: Biosafety and trade

Young, Oran R.; Chambers, William; Kim, Joy A.; Have, Claudia Ten

doi:10.1051/ebr/2009016

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“…The process and signs of environmental change affecting the region (Figure 1) illustrate the problem of functional interdependence as environmental and social processes transcend the space and levels of management of a resource system (26). The environmental and social connectivity of the resource-use system (e.g., interconnected vegetation biogeography and watershed, and overlapping authority over different parts of the watershed) renders the success of management at one level dependent on another.…”

Section: The Xingu Indigenous Parkmentioning

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Connectivity and the Governance of Multilevel Social-Ecological Systems: The Role of Social Capital

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Young

2009

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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We discuss the challenges confronting environmental governance caused by the increasing connectivity of resource-use systems and the growing functional interdependencies of ecological and social systems. We take as a point of departure the case of the Xingu Indigenous Park (PIX) in Brazil and its surrounding agro-industrial region. This case provides a basis for reviewing the literature on resource governance, including both points of consensus and contentious issues. We argue that no fixed spatial or temporal level is appropriate for governing ecosystems and their services sustainably, effectively, and equitably. We point to the need to recognize the multilevel nature of such problems and the role of institutions in facilitating cross-level environmental governance as an important form of social capital that is essential for the long-term protection of ecosystems and the well-being of different populations.

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Section: The Xingu Indigenous Parkmentioning

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Connectivity and the Governance of Multilevel Social-Ecological Systems: The Role of Social Capital

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Young

2009

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“…Thus, the regional Arctic Council fosters scientific knowledge to prompt new regulation (while leaving adoption of those regulations to other institutions); it also builds capacities to address oil spills, marine search and rescue, and other tangible problems. Stokke's insights extend the growing research program on institutional interplay and regime complexes by urging assessment of how to best integrate the capacities of global and regional institutions to foster more effective environmental management (Keohane and Victor 2011;Young 2008b).…”

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“…Environmental governance emerges as institutions strive-in coincident or conflicting ways-to frame the issues, choose the arena for institutional development, and bargain over content (Young 2002, 113-132). Whether calling such phenomena institutional linkages, interactions, interplay, overlap, or complexes, Young's work has supported a ''third wave'' of research that recognizes that an institution's influence is rarely independent of the many other institutions with which it co-exists (Stokke 2001;Raustiala and Victor 2004;Gulbrandsen 2004;Oberthür and Gehring 2006;Young 2008b;Gehring and Oberthür 2008;Jinnah 2010;Oberthür and Stokke 2011;Keohane and Victor 2011). Institutional interplay is not only horizontal but also ''vertical,'' crossing scales of governance.…”

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“…He has challenged scholars to investigate the fit between environmental problems and institutional solutions, to diagnose institutional problems and address them, to assess the positive and negative effects of interplay among institutions and across scales of governance, to recognize how institutions change over time, and to balance sustainability, efficiency, and equity (Young 2002(Young , 2008b(Young , 2010(Young , 2012.…”

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2012

Int Environ Agreements

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“…Young et al 2008). The goal here is not to analyze regime conflicts in an international context, but rather to turn the lens of inquiry to look at their impact and relevance from a domestic policy perspective in the South.…”

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The limits of regulatory convergence: globalization and GMO politics in the south

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Gupta

2009

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Is globalization promoting regulatory convergence in agricultural biotechnology policies in the South? This article examines the nature and limits of regulatory convergence in the field of agri-biotechnology and investigates the effects that international forces have on biotechnology and biosafety policies in developing countries. Based on detailed case studies of Mexico, China and South Africa this article shows that these three leading biotechnology countries in the South are exposed to powerful international influences but are responding to the regulatory challenges of genetically modified organisms (GMO) adoption in distinctive ways. The existing regulatory polarization between US and EU biotechnology approaches has not forced a convergence around either of these two international models. GMO policies in the South do not simply follow the binary logic of the US-EU regulatory conflict. Instead, they integrate elements from both regulatory approaches and are steering a course that suggests substantial regulatory diversity in the South. The globalization of biotechnology thus goes hand in hand with regulatory diversity in the developing world. Furthermore, regulatory polarization between the EU and US has helped to open up political space in key developing countries.

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Institutional interplay: Biosafety and trade

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Connectivity and the Governance of Multilevel Social-Ecological Systems: The Role of Social Capital

Connectivity and the Governance of Multilevel Social-Ecological Systems: The Role of Social Capital

Oran Young and international institutions

The limits of regulatory convergence: globalization and GMO politics in the south

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