1st Edition

Green Web-II Standards and Perspectives from the IUCN

By Medani P. Bhandari Copyright 2018

    In dealing with the IUCN, one must bear in mind that there never has been, and undoubtedly never will be, any other organization even remotely resembling it. Its peculiarities, subtleties and complexities are sometimes mind-boggling (Nicholson 1990 in Holdgate 1999: ix). Green Web-II investigates IUCN's role in global biodiversity conservation policy as well as in national program development in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. It explores how nature protection priorities and approaches are promoted or addressed by IUCN, an international organization, and how environment conservation policies are created and maintained in states with different capacities of South Asia. It also evaluates IUCN's competency in bio-diversity, climate change, nature conservation and environmental policy formulation at global, regional and country level. This study is the first detailed scholarly study on the IUCN as an organization as well as on its efforts in biodiversity conservation. This book adds to our knowledge, firstly by contributing to a small but growing body of work on the sociology of international organizations. IOs, especially International Governmental Organizations (IGOs), have long been the subject of mostly political science. Secondly, it applies a fuller sociological imagination to the study of IOs by critically exploring one of the largest and most active nature conservation organizations in the world. Thirdly, it also explores how the IUCN actually goes about building protectoral programs with individual member nations. Additionally, the book explores the recent development of the green economy (GE) concepts into IUCN's program planning today. The green economy initiative applies a people-first approach. Although the concept is relatively new, this research explores the theoretical development of a green economy and illustrates how this theory is applied in IUCN's program planning to program implementation.

    Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Endorsements List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction 2 Literature on the Topic 3 Methodology 4 The IUCN – An International Organization for Environment Conservation 5 Exploring IUCN’s Failings – Members Perspective 6 The Strengths and Weaknesses of the IUCN 7 Comparative Chapter: Case Studies of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan 8 IUCN’s Role for Conservation of Nature in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan 9 Discussion of Theory, Knowledge Creation, and Diffusion at IUCN: National and International Programs 10 Conclusion References Annexure: TheKey Terms Definitions Index About the Author

    Biography

    Medani P. Bhandari