Global and country-level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pasture
The destruction of natural habitat for cropland and pasture represents a major threat to global biodiversity. Despite widespread societal concern about biodiversity loss associated with food production, consumer access to quantitative estimates of the impact of crop production on the world's sp...
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| description | The destruction of natural habitat for cropland and pasture represents a major threat to global biodiversity. Despite widespread societal concern about biodiversity loss associated with food production, consumer access to quantitative estimates of the impact of crop production on the world's species has been very limited compared to assessments of other environmental variables such as greenhouse gas emissions or water use. Here, we present a consistent dataset of the biodiversity footprints of pasture and 175 crops at the global and national level. The data were generated by combining maps of the global distribution of agricultural areas in the year 2000 with spatially explicit estimates of the biodiversity loss associated with the conversion of natural habitat to farmland. Estimates were derived for three common alternative measures of biodiversity – species richness, threatened species richness, and range rarity – of the world's mammals, birds, and amphibians. Our dataset provides important quantitative information for food consumers and policy makers, allowing them to take evidence-based decisions to reduce the biodiversity footprint of global food production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e61b70cb65143caad1911f758826c922022-12-21T22:52:02ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092021-06-0136106982Global and country-level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pastureRobert Beyer0Andrea Manica1Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge1, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A 31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany; Corresponding author at: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A 31, 14473 Potsdam, GermanyDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge1, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United KingdomThe destruction of natural habitat for cropland and pasture represents a major threat to global biodiversity. Despite widespread societal concern about biodiversity loss associated with food production, consumer access to quantitative estimates of the impact of crop production on the world's species has been very limited compared to assessments of other environmental variables such as greenhouse gas emissions or water use. Here, we present a consistent dataset of the biodiversity footprints of pasture and 175 crops at the global and national level. The data were generated by combining maps of the global distribution of agricultural areas in the year 2000 with spatially explicit estimates of the biodiversity loss associated with the conversion of natural habitat to farmland. Estimates were derived for three common alternative measures of biodiversity – species richness, threatened species richness, and range rarity – of the world's mammals, birds, and amphibians. Our dataset provides important quantitative information for food consumers and policy makers, allowing them to take evidence-based decisions to reduce the biodiversity footprint of global food production.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921002663Biodiversity impactAgricultureLand useSpecies richnessThreatened speciesRange rarity |
| spellingShingle | Robert Beyer Andrea Manica Global and country-level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pasture Data in Brief Biodiversity impact Agriculture Land use Species richness Threatened species Range rarity |
| title | Global and country-level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pasture |
| title_full | Global and country-level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pasture |
| title_fullStr | Global and country-level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pasture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global and country-level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pasture |
| title_short | Global and country-level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pasture |
| title_sort | global and country level data of the biodiversity footprints of 175 crops and pasture |
| topic | Biodiversity impact Agriculture Land use Species richness Threatened species Range rarity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921002663 |
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