Peter Bridgewater
Biographic Data
| ID | 1644563 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Bridgewater |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Bridgewater |
| SIGNATURE | BRIDGEWATER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7972-5386 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Knowing and unknowing transformative change
Calls for transformative change towards a just and sustainable world often discuss the role of paradigms and knowledge systems as levers for transformation. Yet, current knowledge practices can also obstruct transformation since research priorities reflect dominant interests in science, economy and society and dominant paradigms and knowledge systems, and marginalise alternative forms of knowledge. This situation posed a challenge for the Transfo…
The role of wetland birds in biocultural conservation
Biocultural approaches for conservation weave knowledge systems of both Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IP&LCs) with scientific insights to address environmental justice and promote local and global sustainability. Enduring people-nature relationships, particularly through wetland birds, hold both ecological and cultural significance that can guide wetland conservation efforts. We conducted a systematic review of biocultural research li…
Australia resistant to World Heritage in Danger listing? Yes, but … a response to James, Hamman, and Hölleland (2025)
Towards a prioritization screening framework for chemicals, wastes, and pollution
With constrained resources and many issues at hand, various prioritization mechanisms will be needed to determine issues to be addressed for the upcoming Science Policy Panel (SPP) for chemicals, waste and pollution, currently mandated for development by the UN Environment Assembly. This proposed rapid review sets out one way to assist in prioritization. A screening of the current or expected impact - the actual harm caused to human health, biodi…
The CBD Post‐2020 biodiversity framework
Recognizing two decades of failure to achieve global goals and targets, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity are in the final phase of negotiating a Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing of biodiversity. The framework attempts to set out pathways, goals and targets for the next decade to achieve positive biodiversity change. This perspective intends to help that framework se…
Diversifying environmental volunteers by engaging with online communities
Environmental volunteering can benefit participants and nature through improving physical and mental well‐being while encouraging environmental stewardship. To enhance achievement of these outcomes, conservation organizations need to reach different groups of people to increase participation in environmental volunteering. This paper explores what engages communities searching online for environmental volunteering. We conducted a literature review…
The 2019 review of Ipbes and future priorities
2019, 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an independent scientific body focused on assessing the state of the world's ecosystem services and biodiversity. IPBES members agreed in 2017 that a review of the Platform's first work programme should be undertaken by an independent panel examining all aspec…
The science-policy interface on ecosystems and people
Introduction \nThe complex links and feedbacks between ecosystems and people are now sharply in focus. Our growing understandings of the complex relations between ecosystems and people, the social and ecological drivers of changes in nature, and the different dimensions of a good quality of life, from local to global scales, have made these interdependencies ever more visible (IPBES 2019; Díaz et al. 2019). Furthermore, recent studies have reveal…
Levers and leverage points for pathways to sustainability
Humanity is on a deeply unsustainable trajectory. We are exceeding planetary boundaries and unlikely to meet many international sustainable development goals and global environmental targets. Until recently, there was no broadly accepted framework of interventions that could ignite the transformations needed to achieve these desired targets and goals. As a component of the IPBES Global Assessment, we conducted an iterative expert deliberation pro…
Social–ecological experiments to foster agroecological transition
A paradigm shift is needed to make agriculture sustainable, and various substitutes for intensive agriculture have been proposed. However, moving from theory to practice, in the context of climate change, natural resource depletion and worldwide economic and social disorder requires a novel approach that goes beyond the confines of ‘normal’ scientific practice, to (a) consider ecological and socioeconomic processes within the agricultural socio‐e…
Working with Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature’s linkages with people
Working with indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is vital for inclusive assessments of nature and nature’s linkages with people. Indigenous peoples’ concepts about what constitutes sustainability, for example, differ markedly from dominant sustainability discourses. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) is promoting dialogue across different knowledge systems globally. In 2017, member states of IPBES adop…
Institutionalising reflexivity? Transformative learning and the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Ipbes)
A critical perspective on the concept of biocultural diversity and its emerging role in nature and heritage conservation
The continuing losses of biodiversity around the world remain problematic for nature conservation. A fundamental issue that has triggered debates in nature conservation is the relationship between human culture, heritage and history, and nature expressed as ecology or biodiversity. Traditionally, nature conservation has been pursued separately from aspects of cultural heritage; a situation which seems perplexing when we consider the importance of…
The contribution of land tenure diversity to the spatial resilience of protected area networks
The relationship between diversity and resilience is relatively well‐established for ecological systems, but remains much less explored for socio‐economic systems. Institutional diversity can have particular relevance for protected areas, whose managerial responses to environmental change depend on their legal basis, ability to make and enforce rules and socio‐political acceptance and endorsement. Protected area expansion strategies are increasin…
The intergovernmental platform for biodiversity and ecosystem services (Ipbes) - a role for heritage
Following establishment in 2011, the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has begun to produce outputs. The initial development of a conceptual framework was an important step in the platform’s development. That conceptual framework identified nature, its benefits to people, the contribution to a good quality of life of those benefits, and drivers of change, as the key areas of work for the Platform. While he…
Socio-Environmental Systems (SES) Research
The Man and Biosphere programme of Unesco
Global conservation and management of biodiversity in developing countries
Building better science-policy interfaces for international environmental governance
The role of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice to the Convention on Biological Diversity as science–policy interface
Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity
Biological diversity is a concept that has been developed and enshrined in multilateral agreements in a very short space of time. It is generally agreed that it was in 1986 that the concept was introduced. Much older in concept is cultural diversity. These two diversities are now meeting each other in many ways, not least through Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). And both diversities are recognised, explicitly and implicitly, as part …
Whaling or wailing
On the face of it, international arguments about whaling are simple. There is broad support for the view that hunting whales should be banned, and strong opposition from certain countries. Yet the arguments are in fact much more complex, and illustrate among other things the growing gap between the existing legal framework and the issues it is now called upon to deal with. This gap in turn reflects the increasing complexity of environmental debat…
Biosphere reserves
Global warming and nature conservation
Working with Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature’s linkages with people
Working with indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is vital for inclusive assessments of nature and nature’s linkages with people. Indigenous peoples’ concepts about what constitutes sustainability, for example, differ markedly from dominant sustainability discourses. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) is promoting dialogue across different knowledge systems globally. In 2017, member states of IPBES adop…
Institutionalising reflexivity? Transformative learning and the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Ipbes)
Socio-Environmental Systems (SES) Research
Building better science-policy interfaces for international environmental governance
The role of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice to the Convention on Biological Diversity as science–policy interface
Biosphere reserves
The Man and Biosphere programme of Unesco
Global conservation and management of biodiversity in developing countries
Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity
Biological diversity is a concept that has been developed and enshrined in multilateral agreements in a very short space of time. It is generally agreed that it was in 1986 that the concept was introduced. Much older in concept is cultural diversity. These two diversities are now meeting each other in many ways, not least through Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). And both diversities are recognised, explicitly and implicitly, as part …
The intergovernmental platform for biodiversity and ecosystem services (Ipbes) - a role for heritage
Following establishment in 2011, the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has begun to produce outputs. The initial development of a conceptual framework was an important step in the platform’s development. That conceptual framework identified nature, its benefits to people, the contribution to a good quality of life of those benefits, and drivers of change, as the key areas of work for the Platform. While he…
Whaling or wailing
On the face of it, international arguments about whaling are simple. There is broad support for the view that hunting whales should be banned, and strong opposition from certain countries. Yet the arguments are in fact much more complex, and illustrate among other things the growing gap between the existing legal framework and the issues it is now called upon to deal with. This gap in turn reflects the increasing complexity of environmental debat…
Global warming and nature conservation
Global warming and nature conservation
Biosphere reserves
Whaling or wailing
On the face of it, international arguments about whaling are simple. There is broad support for the view that hunting whales should be banned, and strong opposition from certain countries. Yet the arguments are in fact much more complex, and illustrate among other things the growing gap between the existing legal framework and the issues it is now called upon to deal with. This gap in turn reflects the increasing complexity of environmental debat…
Biological Diversity and Cultural Diversity
Biological diversity is a concept that has been developed and enshrined in multilateral agreements in a very short space of time. It is generally agreed that it was in 1986 that the concept was introduced. Much older in concept is cultural diversity. These two diversities are now meeting each other in many ways, not least through Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). And both diversities are recognised, explicitly and implicitly, as part …
The role of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice to the Convention on Biological Diversity as science–policy interface
Building better science-policy interfaces for international environmental governance
Global conservation and management of biodiversity in developing countries
The Man and Biosphere programme of Unesco
Socio-Environmental Systems (SES) Research
The intergovernmental platform for biodiversity and ecosystem services (Ipbes) - a role for heritage
Following establishment in 2011, the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has begun to produce outputs. The initial development of a conceptual framework was an important step in the platform’s development. That conceptual framework identified nature, its benefits to people, the contribution to a good quality of life of those benefits, and drivers of change, as the key areas of work for the Platform. While he…
A critical perspective on the concept of biocultural diversity and its emerging role in nature and heritage conservation
The continuing losses of biodiversity around the world remain problematic for nature conservation. A fundamental issue that has triggered debates in nature conservation is the relationship between human culture, heritage and history, and nature expressed as ecology or biodiversity. Traditionally, nature conservation has been pursued separately from aspects of cultural heritage; a situation which seems perplexing when we consider the importance of…
The contribution of land tenure diversity to the spatial resilience of protected area networks
The relationship between diversity and resilience is relatively well‐established for ecological systems, but remains much less explored for socio‐economic systems. Institutional diversity can have particular relevance for protected areas, whose managerial responses to environmental change depend on their legal basis, ability to make and enforce rules and socio‐political acceptance and endorsement. Protected area expansion strategies are increasin…
The 2019 review of Ipbes and future priorities
2019, 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an independent scientific body focused on assessing the state of the world's ecosystem services and biodiversity. IPBES members agreed in 2017 that a review of the Platform's first work programme should be undertaken by an independent panel examining all aspec…
The science-policy interface on ecosystems and people
Introduction \nThe complex links and feedbacks between ecosystems and people are now sharply in focus. Our growing understandings of the complex relations between ecosystems and people, the social and ecological drivers of changes in nature, and the different dimensions of a good quality of life, from local to global scales, have made these interdependencies ever more visible (IPBES 2019; Díaz et al. 2019). Furthermore, recent studies have reveal…
Levers and leverage points for pathways to sustainability
Humanity is on a deeply unsustainable trajectory. We are exceeding planetary boundaries and unlikely to meet many international sustainable development goals and global environmental targets. Until recently, there was no broadly accepted framework of interventions that could ignite the transformations needed to achieve these desired targets and goals. As a component of the IPBES Global Assessment, we conducted an iterative expert deliberation pro…
Social–ecological experiments to foster agroecological transition
A paradigm shift is needed to make agriculture sustainable, and various substitutes for intensive agriculture have been proposed. However, moving from theory to practice, in the context of climate change, natural resource depletion and worldwide economic and social disorder requires a novel approach that goes beyond the confines of ‘normal’ scientific practice, to (a) consider ecological and socioeconomic processes within the agricultural socio‐e…
Working with Indigenous, local and scientific knowledge in assessments of nature and nature’s linkages with people
Working with indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is vital for inclusive assessments of nature and nature’s linkages with people. Indigenous peoples’ concepts about what constitutes sustainability, for example, differ markedly from dominant sustainability discourses. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) is promoting dialogue across different knowledge systems globally. In 2017, member states of IPBES adop…
Institutionalising reflexivity? Transformative learning and the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Ipbes)
Diversifying environmental volunteers by engaging with online communities
Environmental volunteering can benefit participants and nature through improving physical and mental well‐being while encouraging environmental stewardship. To enhance achievement of these outcomes, conservation organizations need to reach different groups of people to increase participation in environmental volunteering. This paper explores what engages communities searching online for environmental volunteering. We conducted a literature review…
The CBD Post‐2020 biodiversity framework
Recognizing two decades of failure to achieve global goals and targets, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity are in the final phase of negotiating a Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing of biodiversity. The framework attempts to set out pathways, goals and targets for the next decade to achieve positive biodiversity change. This perspective intends to help that framework se…
The role of wetland birds in biocultural conservation
Biocultural approaches for conservation weave knowledge systems of both Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IP&LCs) with scientific insights to address environmental justice and promote local and global sustainability. Enduring people-nature relationships, particularly through wetland birds, hold both ecological and cultural significance that can guide wetland conservation efforts. We conducted a systematic review of biocultural research li…
Australia resistant to World Heritage in Danger listing? Yes, but … a response to James, Hamman, and Hölleland (2025)
Towards a prioritization screening framework for chemicals, wastes, and pollution
With constrained resources and many issues at hand, various prioritization mechanisms will be needed to determine issues to be addressed for the upcoming Science Policy Panel (SPP) for chemicals, waste and pollution, currently mandated for development by the UN Environment Assembly. This proposed rapid review sets out one way to assist in prioritization. A screening of the current or expected impact - the actual harm caused to human health, biodi…
Knowing and unknowing transformative change
Calls for transformative change towards a just and sustainable world often discuss the role of paradigms and knowledge systems as levers for transformation. Yet, current knowledge practices can also obstruct transformation since research priorities reflect dominant interests in science, economy and society and dominant paradigms and knowledge systems, and marginalise alternative forms of knowledge. This situation posed a challenge for the Transfo…
Ecology (19 works) · Environmental resource management (18 works) · Political science (15 works) · Business (13 works) · Geography (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Biology (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Environmental planning (10 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 works)