How do Higher Education Institutions Manage Biodiversity? Exploring the Current State at Universities from the Global North and South

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Abstract

This chapter compares the current biodiversity practices of higher education institutions (HEIs) and their learning effects of the Global North and South. It particularly explores the HEIs' strategies targeting biodiversity and ecosystem services preservation. In order to answer the research question, a qualitative content analysis of published sustainability reports of the systematically selected HEIs was performed. The Times Higher Education (THE) was used to select HEIs. The results show that biodiversity reporting and management is still in its early stages in HEIs from both the Global North and South and could benefit from further research and suggestions for improvement. One implication for the HEIs is that they could increase public awareness and knowledge of biodiversity through the integration of this topic into their curricula, more research projects on biodiversity, and operations on and off campus.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelHigher Education for the Sustainable Development Goals
Redakteure/-innenLeonardo Caporarello, Payal Kumar, Anirud Agrawal
Herausgeber (Verlag)Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley
Seiten13-38
Seitenumfang26
ISBN (elektronisch)9781803825250
ISBN (Print)978-1-80382-526-7
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 4 Dez. 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-6891-8948/work/150883816
Scopus 85180142246

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Biodiversity management, Biodiversity strategy, Global North, Global South, Higher education institutions, Sustainable development, University