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Biodiversity and Green Infrastructure in Europe: Boundary object or ecological trap?
Institution:1. Department of Botany, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., Hungary;2. Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Pannonia, Georgikon Faculty, Festetics u. 7., H-8360 Keszthely, Hungary;3. MTA-DE ‘Lendület’ Evolutionary Phylogenomics Research Group, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., Hungary;4. MTA-DE Behavioural Ecology Research Group, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., Hungary
Abstract:The concept of green infrastructure is widely used in environmental planning, but so far it has no standard definition. Planners, conservationists and scientists tend to welcome the term because it can serve as a boundary object, providing links among policy makers, developers and different academic disciplines. However, the concept of green infrastructure creates risks for biodiversity conservation in its adoption. It can be used to water down biodiversity conservation aims and objectives as easily as it can be used to further them because of the different ideas associated with it and the multiple interests pursued. In this paper, we address such risks by looking, among others, at the European Union’s Green Infrastructure Strategy and we suggest how planners and conservationists might deal with its growing importance in environmental policy and planning to enhance its value for biodiversity conservation.
Keywords:Biodiversity  Conservation  Planning  Ecological connectivity  Ecosystem services  Natural capital  Green economy
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