How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty
- Autores
- Polo Villanueva, Fredy D.; Sarker, Pradip Kumar; Giessen, Lukas; Burns, Sarah Lilian
- Año de publicación
- 2025
- Idioma
- inglés
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- artículo
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- versión publicada
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- Previous research has shown that international donors can significantly influence national and international environmental governance. However, their influence at the regional level has not yet been sufficiently explored. This study aims to examine the influence of international donors on regional environmental governance agreements, taking the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) as a case study. Using a documentary analysis covering four decades, reviews of academic literature and media articles, and interviews with key informants, this study traces the influence of donors through three distinct stages: protectionism, formalisation and policy customisation. In the first stage, the limited influence of international donors did not translate into significant changes in the initially low degree of formalisation of the agreement. In the second stage, the moderate to high influence of international donors led member states to enhance the degree of formalisation of the ACT and to adopt for the first time a weak forest-related policy in the search to increase its capacities to attract and manage external funds. In the third stage, the still high influence of international donors increased the strength of the newly adopted forest-focused policy of the ACT to moderate. We conclude that international donors can influence regional environmental governance arrangements by increasing their degree of formalisation and the strength of their (forest) policies; as well as by customising their policies to they their interests rather than those of the arrangements’ member states.
Fil: Polo Villanueva, Fredy D.. Technische Universität Dresden.; Alemania
Fil: Sarker, Pradip Kumar. Technische Universität Dresden.; Alemania
Fil: Giessen, Lukas. Technische Universität Dresden.; Alemania
Fil: Burns, Sarah Lilian. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales. Laboratorio de Investigacion de Sistemas Ecologicos y Ambientales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina - Materia
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REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
FOREST POLICY
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
ACTO - Nivel de accesibilidad
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation TreatyPolo Villanueva, Fredy D.Sarker, Pradip KumarGiessen, LukasBurns, Sarah LilianREGIONAL GOVERNANCEFOREST POLICYINSTITUTIONAL DESIGNACTOhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4Previous research has shown that international donors can significantly influence national and international environmental governance. However, their influence at the regional level has not yet been sufficiently explored. This study aims to examine the influence of international donors on regional environmental governance agreements, taking the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) as a case study. Using a documentary analysis covering four decades, reviews of academic literature and media articles, and interviews with key informants, this study traces the influence of donors through three distinct stages: protectionism, formalisation and policy customisation. In the first stage, the limited influence of international donors did not translate into significant changes in the initially low degree of formalisation of the agreement. In the second stage, the moderate to high influence of international donors led member states to enhance the degree of formalisation of the ACT and to adopt for the first time a weak forest-related policy in the search to increase its capacities to attract and manage external funds. In the third stage, the still high influence of international donors increased the strength of the newly adopted forest-focused policy of the ACT to moderate. We conclude that international donors can influence regional environmental governance arrangements by increasing their degree of formalisation and the strength of their (forest) policies; as well as by customising their policies to they their interests rather than those of the arrangements’ member states.Fil: Polo Villanueva, Fredy D.. Technische Universität Dresden.; AlemaniaFil: Sarker, Pradip Kumar. Technische Universität Dresden.; AlemaniaFil: Giessen, Lukas. Technische Universität Dresden.; AlemaniaFil: Burns, Sarah Lilian. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales. Laboratorio de Investigacion de Sistemas Ecologicos y Ambientales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; ArgentinaElsevier2025-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/271286Polo Villanueva, Fredy D.; Sarker, Pradip Kumar; Giessen, Lukas; Burns, Sarah Lilian; How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty; Elsevier; Environmental Development; 55; 7-2025; 1-112211-4645CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2211464525000703info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101204info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:58:26Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/271286instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:58:26.382CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty |
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty |
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Polo Villanueva, Fredy D. REGIONAL GOVERNANCE FOREST POLICY INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN ACTO |
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty |
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty |
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty |
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty |
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How do international donors influence regional environmental governance? The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty |
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Polo Villanueva, Fredy D. Sarker, Pradip Kumar Giessen, Lukas Burns, Sarah Lilian |
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Previous research has shown that international donors can significantly influence national and international environmental governance. However, their influence at the regional level has not yet been sufficiently explored. This study aims to examine the influence of international donors on regional environmental governance agreements, taking the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) as a case study. Using a documentary analysis covering four decades, reviews of academic literature and media articles, and interviews with key informants, this study traces the influence of donors through three distinct stages: protectionism, formalisation and policy customisation. In the first stage, the limited influence of international donors did not translate into significant changes in the initially low degree of formalisation of the agreement. In the second stage, the moderate to high influence of international donors led member states to enhance the degree of formalisation of the ACT and to adopt for the first time a weak forest-related policy in the search to increase its capacities to attract and manage external funds. In the third stage, the still high influence of international donors increased the strength of the newly adopted forest-focused policy of the ACT to moderate. We conclude that international donors can influence regional environmental governance arrangements by increasing their degree of formalisation and the strength of their (forest) policies; as well as by customising their policies to they their interests rather than those of the arrangements’ member states. Fil: Polo Villanueva, Fredy D.. Technische Universität Dresden.; Alemania Fil: Sarker, Pradip Kumar. Technische Universität Dresden.; Alemania Fil: Giessen, Lukas. Technische Universität Dresden.; Alemania Fil: Burns, Sarah Lilian. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales. Laboratorio de Investigacion de Sistemas Ecologicos y Ambientales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina |
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Previous research has shown that international donors can significantly influence national and international environmental governance. However, their influence at the regional level has not yet been sufficiently explored. This study aims to examine the influence of international donors on regional environmental governance agreements, taking the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) as a case study. Using a documentary analysis covering four decades, reviews of academic literature and media articles, and interviews with key informants, this study traces the influence of donors through three distinct stages: protectionism, formalisation and policy customisation. In the first stage, the limited influence of international donors did not translate into significant changes in the initially low degree of formalisation of the agreement. In the second stage, the moderate to high influence of international donors led member states to enhance the degree of formalisation of the ACT and to adopt for the first time a weak forest-related policy in the search to increase its capacities to attract and manage external funds. In the third stage, the still high influence of international donors increased the strength of the newly adopted forest-focused policy of the ACT to moderate. We conclude that international donors can influence regional environmental governance arrangements by increasing their degree of formalisation and the strength of their (forest) policies; as well as by customising their policies to they their interests rather than those of the arrangements’ member states. |
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