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Jesper Svensson, photo.

Jesper Svensson

Postdoctoral fellow

Jesper Svensson, photo.

What do we (not) know about biodiversity finance governance?

Author

  • Jesper Svensson
  • Julia Mao
  • Nils Droste

Summary, in English

Tackling biodiversity loss requires not only scaling up financial resources but also improving the governance of how such resources are mobilized, allocated, and accounted for. This paper reviews recent peer-reviewed literature (2019–2023) on biodiversity finance governance, focusing on three interrelated themes: financial instruments and mechanisms, governance structures, and critical and normative perspectives on biodiversity finance. Across these themes, we identify property rights as a key yet underexplored issue. Property rights shape who can access, control, and benefit from biodiversity-related finance. By synthesizing current research, we show how questions of ownership, access, and responsibility are central to the governance of biodiversity finance and propose that the politics of property rights constitutes a critical research frontier in this emerging field.

Department/s

  • Department of Political Science
  • Lund University

Publishing year

2025-08

Language

English

Publication/Series

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volume

75

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Other Geographic Studies (including Tourism, Urban, Rural, and Global Studies)
  • Political Science (excluding Peace and Conflict Studies)

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1877-3435