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Institutional analysis of collective action arrangements for sustainability

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The research unit on Biodiversity and Reflexive governance (BIOGOV) is a research unit of the Centre for the Philosophy of Law (CPDR) at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL). Its focus is on collective learning in the field of sustainable development. This research is developed in an international (REFGOV) and national (IUAP VI/06) network on democratic governance. BIOGOV is also partner of the European projects LowInput Breeds and Communia.

Download publications: Microbiological commons | Traditional Knowledge | Institutional analysis | Pragmatics | Sustainability assessment

On line workshop proceedings: Microbiological commons | Traditional Knowledge | Institutional analysis | Sustainability assessment

Thematic fields in biodiversity governance

  Microbiological commons: collective management organisations for the exchange of biological resources and related information
Traditional knowledge: seed exchange networks and institutional repositories for biodiversity related traditional knowledge
Joint forest management: joint management institutions of public and private forests
Future harvest centres: collective action arrangements in the network of the CGIAR

Theoretical approaches: 3 step approach towards reflexive governance

  Step 1. Identification of collective action: institutional analysis of collective action initiatives in the field of biodiversity governance
Step 2. Assessment of collective action: multi-criteria assessment of biodiversity related ecosystems services
Step 3. Epistemology of collective action: analysis of the conditions of collective learning on the goals of the collective action initiatives