Increasing impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration driven by population and economic growth

Main Authors: Marques, Alexandra, Martins, Inês S., Kastner, Thomas, Plutzar, Christoph, Theurl, Michaela C., Eisenmenger, Nina, Huijbregts, Mark A. J., Wood, Richard, Stadler, Konstantin, Bruckner, Martin, Canelas, Joana, Hilbers, Jelle P., Tukker, Arnold, Erb, Karl Heinz, Pereira, Henrique M.
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author Marques, Alexandra
Martins, Inês S.
Kastner, Thomas
Plutzar, Christoph
Theurl, Michaela C.
Eisenmenger, Nina
Huijbregts, Mark A. J.
Wood, Richard
Stadler, Konstantin
Bruckner, Martin
Canelas, Joana
Hilbers, Jelle P.
Tukker, Arnold
Erb, Karl Heinz
Pereira, Henrique M.
title Increasing impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration driven by population and economic growth
publishDate 2019
isbn 4155901908243
url https://zenodo.org/record/5070344
contents Biodiversity and ecosystem service losses driven by land-use change are expected to intensify as a growing and more affluent lobal population requires more agricultural and forestry products, and teleconnections in the global economy lead to increasing remote environmental responsibility. By combining global biophysical and economic models, we show that, between the years 2000 and 2011, overall population and economic growth resulted in increasing total impacts on bird diversity and carbon sequestration globally, despite a reduction of land-use impacts per unit of gross domestic product (GDP). The exceptions were North America and Western Europe, where there was a reduction of forestry and agriculture impacts on nature accentuated by the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Biodiversity losses occurred predominantly in Central and Southern America, Africa and Asia with international trade an important and growing driver. In 2011, 33% of Central and Southern America and 26% of Africa’s biodiversity impacts were driven by consumption in other world regions. Overall, cattle farming is the major driver of biodiversity loss, but oil seed production showed the largest increases in biodiversity impacts. Forestry activities exerted the highest impact on carbon sequestration, and also showed the largest increase in the 2000–2011 period. Our results suggest that to address the biodiversity crisis, governments should take an equitable approach recognizing remote responsibility, and promote a shift of economic development towards activities with low biodiversity impacts.
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