Toward a more expansive discourse in a changing world : An analysis of political leaders’ speeches on biodiversity
Lee, Sang Hun ; Kang, Yi Hyun LU
and Dai, Rong
(2021)
In Sustainability (Switzerland)
13(5).
p.1-10
- Abstract
Speeches delivered in the Conference of the Parties (COPs) to the Convention on Biological Diversity represent leading discourses about biodiversity conservation. The discourse shared by high-level politicians is especially influential in the financing and decision-making process of global biodiversity governance. However, the speeches given in the COPs have not been the subject of systematic analyses until now. This study analyzes the host countries’ speeches given at the six most recent COPs and investigates which discourses have been expressed in the speeches. The regulatory discourse that views nature as a resource was found to be the dominant discourse, while other discourses that view nature as a scientific object or a spiritual... (More)
Speeches delivered in the Conference of the Parties (COPs) to the Convention on Biological Diversity represent leading discourses about biodiversity conservation. The discourse shared by high-level politicians is especially influential in the financing and decision-making process of global biodiversity governance. However, the speeches given in the COPs have not been the subject of systematic analyses until now. This study analyzes the host countries’ speeches given at the six most recent COPs and investigates which discourses have been expressed in the speeches. The regulatory discourse that views nature as a resource was found to be the dominant discourse, while other discourses that view nature as a scientific object or a spiritual entity were represented only marginally. As the need for a transformational policy for biodiversity conservation is growing amid a global pandemic, it is essential to deepen our understanding of the dynamics and complexity of nature and reflect it in the policy process. This study suggests that more balanced discourse on biodiversity may earn broader audiences’ consensus on biodiversity conservation.
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- author
- Lee, Sang Hun
; Kang, Yi Hyun
LU
and Dai, Rong
- publishing date
- 2021-03-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Biodiversity, CBD, COP, Discourse, High-level segment, Political leader, Speech, discourse analysis
- in
- Sustainability (Switzerland)
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 5
- article number
- 2899
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85102861282
- ISSN
- 2071-1050
- DOI
- 10.3390/su13052899
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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