Article Examining IEG Reform

A new article (currently in draft form) titled: "Developing Linkages to Preserve Biodiversity" finds that increasing institutional linkages of biodiversity regimes to create a more unified legal structure should not be a major focus of reforming international environmental governance. Therefore, the author proposes an approach that concentrates on incentivizing biodiversity protection in combination with achieving other environmental and human development objectives. Specifically, it recommends that programs under the biodiversity regimes and regimes with competence over the factors driving biodiversity loss incentivize and assess multiple benefits (including biodiversity protection) in targeted ecosystems and economic sectors.