Prof. dr. Robert Fletcher, Director
Our research lab investigates the connection between basic income studies and environmental governance. Our work is grounded in a proposal we developed for a conservation basic income (CBI) as part of a broader programme of convivial conservation intended to promote social justice and equity in biodiversity protection. But we also explore connections between basic income and climate change as a broader basic income for nature and climate (BINC). The main idea is to provide unconditional cash transfers to support conservation and climate action while alleviating poverty by subsidizing sustainable livelihoods as an alternative to destructive resource extraction for communities in conservation-critical areas.
The following short video helps to explain our approach:
Source: World Economic Forum
In addition to developing our own research projects, we work closely with the BINC working group of the Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) as well as the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) more broadly.
Current Projects
The lab currently manages the following projects:
Associated Projects
We also collaborate with similar projects managed by others within our international network:
Cool Earth Unconditional Cash Transfer Programme
Relevant Publications
Thus far, we have produced the following reports on our work:
Conservation basic income: A non-market mechanism to support convivial conservation
A global conservation basic income to safeguard biodiversity
Cash for conservation? Integrating basic income support into biodiversity and climate finance
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