Mainstreaming the Animal in Biodiversity Governance: Broadening the Moral and Legal Community to Nonhumans

Schapper, Andrea; Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid J; Humphreys, David and Bliss, Cebuan (2022). Mainstreaming the Animal in Biodiversity Governance: Broadening the Moral and Legal Community to Nonhumans. In: Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid J and Kok, Marcel T.J. eds. Transforming Biodiversity Governance. Earth Systems Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 179–199.

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Abstract

The individual animal has often been neglected in biodiversity governance debates, with animals mainly considered in terms of species, biodiversity, wildlife or natural resources. Indeed, and somewhat counterintuitively, biodiversity governance is not always animal-friendly. Think, for example, of the issues of wildlife management, (“sport”) hunting, captive breeding, reintroduction and relocation of endangered species, and the use of animal testing in conservation research (De Mori, 2019). For some issues, the relationship is more complex, for example the “management” of Invasive Alien Species (IAS), which is detrimental to the individuals of the species considered “invasive” but beneficial to native species and habitats (Barkham, 2020). Elsewhere, economic development and incentives impact both biodiversity and animal concerns, such as the negative effects of animal agriculture (see Visseren-Hamakers, 2018a; 2020 for more detailed overviews of these relationships). How can we transform biodiversity governance in order to incorporate individual animal interests (Bernstein, 2015)? That is the central question of this chapter.

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