TY - JOUR
T1 - Is a science-policy nexus void leading to restoration failure in global mining?
AU - Stevens, Jason
AU - Dixon, Kingsley
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - The assumption underpinning the US$958 billion global resource sector is continued access to deposits of which an increasing number are targeting pristine, often biodiverse regions of the planet. Regulation of resource access, through leading policy frameworks, is currently based on the expectation that the resource sector has capacity to restore the system to pre-disturbance biodiversity levels despite knowledge voids for most ecosystems. Failure to arrest biodiversity losses is estimated to result in annual economic losses of US$14 trillion by 2050 (CBD, 2014). Here we highlight how the science-policy nexus is currently failing global restoration yet provides the most effective mechanism to overcome capacity limitations and drive scientific innovation to deliver evidence-based decision-making.
AB - The assumption underpinning the US$958 billion global resource sector is continued access to deposits of which an increasing number are targeting pristine, often biodiverse regions of the planet. Regulation of resource access, through leading policy frameworks, is currently based on the expectation that the resource sector has capacity to restore the system to pre-disturbance biodiversity levels despite knowledge voids for most ecosystems. Failure to arrest biodiversity losses is estimated to result in annual economic losses of US$14 trillion by 2050 (CBD, 2014). Here we highlight how the science-policy nexus is currently failing global restoration yet provides the most effective mechanism to overcome capacity limitations and drive scientific innovation to deliver evidence-based decision-making.
KW - Biodiversity loss
KW - Environmental compliance
KW - Mining rehabilitation
KW - Restoration failure
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015712708&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.01.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85015712708
VL - 72
SP - 52
EP - 54
JO - Environmental Science & Policy
JF - Environmental Science & Policy
SN - 1462-9011
ER -