What policymakers need to learn from bottom-up biodiversity action? 🌿🤝💡

More substantial efforts to halt and reverse biodiversity loss are urgently needed. In this, bottom-up actors, such as citizen groups, non-governmental organisations and frontrunning enterprises and civil servants, have a critical role since meaningful change cannot just be forced top-down by public authorities.

But why exactly policymakers need to stay attentive to bottom-up action?

1. Bottom-up action can point to processes and arrangements crucial for biodiversity protection.

2. Recognising the diversity of bottom-up action enables the integration of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ aspirations, while also acknowledging the synergies and potential conflicts between them.

3. Attentiveness to bottom-up action opens up new pathways for citizen and stakeholder engagement.

And how then can biodiversity be made relevant to social and political life? Read the answer in BIONEXT project’s newly published policy brief 👇
https://www.bionext-project.eu/policy-brief-2