Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

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Patrick Meyfroidt¹  Edward Challies³  Simon L. Bager¹  Louise M. Busck-Lumholt⁵  Esteve Corbera⁶  Cecilie Friis⁸  Anna Frohn Pedersen⁹  Perrine C.S.J. Laroche^1,12  Claudia Parra Paitan^1,12  Siyu Qin⁹  Nicolas Roux^1,13  Julie G. Zaehringer^1,14  Johanna Coenen⁴  Gabi Sonderegger^1,15  Jens Newig⁴ 

[1] Earth and Life Institute;Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique;School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury;Institute of Sustainability Governance, Leuphana University Lüneburg;Institute of Environmental Science and Technology ,(ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona;Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats;Institute of Environmental Science and Technology & Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona;Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen;Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin;IRI-THESys, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin;Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University;Institute for Environmental Studies ,(IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam;Institute of Social Ecology ,(SEC), Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences;Wyss Academy for Nature, University of Bern;Centre for Development and Environment ,(CDE), University of Bern;Institute of Geography, University of Bern

关键词: environmental governance;    human-environment interactions;    scale;    spatial mismatch;    supply chain;    telecoupling;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-14133-280224

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

Global commodity flows between distally connected social-ecological systems pose important challenges to sustainability governance. These challenges are partly due to difficulties in designing and implementing governance institutions that fit or match the scale of the environmental and social problems generated in such telecoupled systems. We focus on the spatial dimension of governance fit in relation to global commodity flows and telecoupled systems. Specifically, we draw on examples from land use and global agricultural commodity governance to examine two overarching types of governance mismatches: boundary mismatches and resolution mismatches. We argue that one way to address mismatches is through governance rescaling and illustrate this approach with reference to examples of three broad types of governance approaches: trade agreements, due diligence laws, and landscape approaches to supply chain governance. No single governance approach is likely to address all mismatches, highlighting the need to align multiple governance approaches to govern telecoupled systems effectively.

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