How Do Higher Education Institutions Manage Biodiversity? Exploring The Current State from Universities in Global North and South

Abstract

This chapter compares the current biodiversity practices of higher education institutions (HEIs) and their learning effects of the Global North and South. It particularly explores the HEIs’ strategies targeting biodiversity and ecosystem services preservation. In order to answer the research question, a qualitative content analysis of published sustainability reports of the systematically selected HEIs was performed. The Times Higher Education (THE) was used to select HEIs. The results show that biodiversity reporting and management is still in its early stages in HEIs from both the Global North and South and could benefit from further research and suggestions for improvement. One implication for the HEIs is that they could increase public awareness and knowledge of biodiversity through the integration of this topic into their curricula, more research projects on biodiversity, and operations on and off campus.

Citation

Yerokhin, S.-M., Lin, T.-Y., Feuer, Y.-S.L., Azizi, L. and Sassen, R. (2023), "How Do Higher Education Institutions Manage Biodiversity? Exploring The Current State from Universities in Global North and South", Caporarello, L., Kumar, P. and Agrawal, A. (Ed.) Higher Education for the Sustainable Development Goals: Bridging the Global North and South, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 13-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-525-020231002