Saving the woodpeckers: Social Capital, Governance, and Policy performance
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Summary, in English
This article investigates if higher levels of social capital, better governance structures, and a more ambitious conservation policy are positively linked to the ability of states to address biodiversity loss. Serving this purpose is a data set containing estimates of woodpecker diversity in 20 European countries. These data are argued to be a more valid indicator of biodiversity than most other available cross-national measures of environmental quality. A seemingly unrelated regression analysis reveals that none of the indicators are linked to higher levels of woodpecker diversity, which in turn leads to the conclusion that present institutions, environmental policies, and social structures have negligible effects on biodiversity compared to long-term landscape transformations.
Department/s
Publishing year
2009
Language
English
Pages
42-61
Publication/Series
The Journal of Environment & Development
Volume
18
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Topic
- Human Geography
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1552-5465