Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains
Abstract Political will is a critical determinant of the success or failure of environmental policies and interventions. Harnessing the political will necessary to implement environmental solutions can be challenging because environmental priorities may compete with other societal interests in polic...
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| author | Hubert Cheung Yutong Phoenix Feng Amy Hinsley Tien Ming Lee Hugh P. Possingham Stephen N. Smith Laura Thomas‐Walters Yifu Wang Duan Biggs |
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| description | Abstract Political will is a critical determinant of the success or failure of environmental policies and interventions. Harnessing the political will necessary to implement environmental solutions can be challenging because environmental priorities may compete with other societal interests in policymaking. Environmental solutions are more politically feasible if fundamentally aligned with the core interests of key policymakers. Understanding the political agendas of decision‐makers enables conservationists to identify where political will already exists, and allows environmental objectives to piggyback on the motivation to deliver results. In this paper, we explore the core interests of the Chinese leadership to uncover opportunities to leverage Beijing's political will for sustainability and conservation gains. China's growing influence on ecosystems and natural resource use both within and beyond its borders makes an analysis of its leadership's political will valuable and timely. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7917c18d731d4b2a90e507725b27ae2a2023-02-06T07:02:32ZengWileyPeople and Nature2575-83142023-02-0151576810.1002/pan3.10425Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gainsHubert Cheung0Yutong Phoenix Feng1Amy Hinsley2Tien Ming Lee3Hugh P. Possingham4Stephen N. Smith5Laura Thomas‐Walters6Yifu Wang7Duan Biggs8Department of International Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences The University of Tokyo Kashiwa JapanNicholas School of the Environment Duke University Durham North Carolina USADepartment of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford UKState Key Laboratory of Biological Control and Schools of Life Sciences and Ecology Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou ChinaCentre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland AustraliaDepartment of Political Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario CanadaBiological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling Stirling UKSchool of Biological Sciences University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR ChinaSchool of Earth and Sustainability Northern Arizona University Flagstaff Arizona USAAbstract Political will is a critical determinant of the success or failure of environmental policies and interventions. Harnessing the political will necessary to implement environmental solutions can be challenging because environmental priorities may compete with other societal interests in policymaking. Environmental solutions are more politically feasible if fundamentally aligned with the core interests of key policymakers. Understanding the political agendas of decision‐makers enables conservationists to identify where political will already exists, and allows environmental objectives to piggyback on the motivation to deliver results. In this paper, we explore the core interests of the Chinese leadership to uncover opportunities to leverage Beijing's political will for sustainability and conservation gains. China's growing influence on ecosystems and natural resource use both within and beyond its borders makes an analysis of its leadership's political will valuable and timely. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10425BeijingChinese leadershipdevelopment strategygeopoliticsPeople's Republic of Chinapolitical agenda |
| spellingShingle | Hubert Cheung Yutong Phoenix Feng Amy Hinsley Tien Ming Lee Hugh P. Possingham Stephen N. Smith Laura Thomas‐Walters Yifu Wang Duan Biggs Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains People and Nature Beijing Chinese leadership development strategy geopolitics People's Republic of China political agenda |
| title | Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains |
| title_full | Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains |
| title_fullStr | Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains |
| title_short | Understanding China's political will for sustainability and conservation gains |
| title_sort | understanding china s political will for sustainability and conservation gains |
| topic | Beijing Chinese leadership development strategy geopolitics People's Republic of China political agenda |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10425 |
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