Horizon Scan of the Belt and Road Initiative

Alice C. Hughes; Alex M. Lechner; Alexander Chitov; Alexander Horstmann; Amy Hinsley; Angela Tritto; Anthony Chariton; Binbin V. Li; Delfin Ganapin; Eugene Simonov; Katherine Morton; Kemel Toktomushev; Marc Foggin; May Tan-Mullins; Michael C. Orr; Richard Griffiths; Richard Nash; Scott Perkin; Raphaël Glémet; Minsun Kim; Douglas W. Yu

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.02.005

Horizon Scan of the Belt and Road Initiative

Alice C. Hughes^*
, Alex M. Lechner
, Alexander Chitov
, Alexander Horstmann
, Amy Hinsley
, Angela Tritto
, Anthony Chariton
, Binbin V. Li
, Delfin Ganapin
, Eugene Simonov
, Katherine Morton
, Kemel Toktomushev
, Marc Foggin
, May Tan-Mullins
, Michael C. Orr
, Richard Griffiths
, Richard Nash
, Scott Perkin
, Raphaël Glémet
, Minsun Kim

Douglas W. Yu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) represents the largest infrastructure and development project in human history, and presents risks and opportunities for ecosystems, economies, and communities. Some risks (habitat fragmentation, roadkill) are obvious, however, many of the BRI's largest challenges for development and conservation are not obvious and require extensive consideration to identify. In this first BRI Horizon Scan, we identify 11 frontier issues that may have large environmental and social impacts but are not yet recognised. More generally, the BRI will increase China's participation in international environmental governance. Thus, new cooperative modes of governance are needed to balance geopolitical, societal, and environmental interests. Upgrading and standardising global environmental standards is essential to safeguard ecological systems and human societies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	583-593
Number of pages	11
Journal	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume	35
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.02.005
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

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SDG 15 Life on Land
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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China
conservation
development
global change
impact assessment
infrastructure
international development
invasive species

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Hughes, A. C., Lechner, A. M., Chitov, A., Horstmann, A., Hinsley, A., Tritto, A., Chariton, A., Li, B. V., Ganapin, D., Simonov, E., Morton, K., Toktomushev, K., Foggin, M., Tan-Mullins, M., Orr, M. C., Griffiths, R., Nash, R., Perkin, S., Glémet, R., ... Yu, D. W. (2020). Horizon Scan of the Belt and Road Initiative. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35(7), 583-593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.02.005

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