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Article: Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia: Anticipating socioecological challenges from large-scale infrastructure in a global biodiversity hotspot
Title | Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia: Anticipating socioecological challenges from large-scale infrastructure in a global biodiversity hotspot |
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Keywords | biodiversity hotspot Central Asia China environmental conservation impact and risk assessments linear infrastructure mountains policy recommendations strategic development planning sustainable mountain development |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Citation | Conservation Letters, 2021, v. 14 n. 6, article no. e12819 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Until recently, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has overlooked many of the social and environmental dimensions of its projects and actions in favor of more immediate economic and sociopolitical considerations. The main focus of investments under BRI has largely been to improve transport, telecommunication, and energy infrastructures. However, in Central Asia, biodiversity is not only foundational for the livelihoods and socioeconomic wellbeing of communities, it also shapes people's culture and identities. Furthermore, ecosystem services derived from functioning landscapes bring enormous benefit for millions of people downstream through integrated and transboundary water systems. Already under pressure from climate-induced melting of glaciers, the fate of ecologically important areas is considered in light of the potential harm arising from large-scale linear infrastructure projects and related investments under China-led BRI. Following review of some of the anticipated impacts of BRI on mountain environments and societies in the region, we highlight several emerging opportunities and then offer recommendations for development programs—aiming fundamentally to enhance the sustainability of BRI investments. Leveraging new opportunities to strengthen partner countries’ priority Sustainable Development Goals and enhancing their agency in the selection of collaborations and the standards to use in environmental impact and risk assessments are recommended. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/309563 |
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dc.contributor.author | Foggin, J. Marc | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lechner, Alex M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Emslie-Smith, Matthew | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hughes, Alice C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sternberg, Troy | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dossani, Rafiq | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-29T07:02:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-29T07:02:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Conservation Letters, 2021, v. 14 n. 6, article no. e12819 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/309563 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Until recently, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has overlooked many of the social and environmental dimensions of its projects and actions in favor of more immediate economic and sociopolitical considerations. The main focus of investments under BRI has largely been to improve transport, telecommunication, and energy infrastructures. However, in Central Asia, biodiversity is not only foundational for the livelihoods and socioeconomic wellbeing of communities, it also shapes people's culture and identities. Furthermore, ecosystem services derived from functioning landscapes bring enormous benefit for millions of people downstream through integrated and transboundary water systems. Already under pressure from climate-induced melting of glaciers, the fate of ecologically important areas is considered in light of the potential harm arising from large-scale linear infrastructure projects and related investments under China-led BRI. Following review of some of the anticipated impacts of BRI on mountain environments and societies in the region, we highlight several emerging opportunities and then offer recommendations for development programs—aiming fundamentally to enhance the sustainability of BRI investments. Leveraging new opportunities to strengthen partner countries’ priority Sustainable Development Goals and enhancing their agency in the selection of collaborations and the standards to use in environmental impact and risk assessments are recommended. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Conservation Letters | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | biodiversity hotspot | - |
dc.subject | Central Asia | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | environmental conservation | - |
dc.subject | impact and risk assessments | - |
dc.subject | linear infrastructure | - |
dc.subject | mountains | - |
dc.subject | policy recommendations | - |
dc.subject | strategic development planning | - |
dc.subject | sustainable mountain development | - |
dc.title | Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia: Anticipating socioecological challenges from large-scale infrastructure in a global biodiversity hotspot | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/conl.12819 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85107198354 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 14 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. e12819 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. e12819 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1755-263X | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000657701000001 | - |