Quantifying and categorising national extinction-risk footprints
Abstract Biodiversity, essential to delivering the ecosystem services that support humanity, is under threat. Projections show that loss of biodiversity, specifically increases in species extinction, is likely to continue without significant intervention. Human activity is the principal driver of th...
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| author | Amanda Irwin Arne Geschke Thomas M. Brooks Juha Siikamaki Louise Mair Bernardo B. N. Strassburg |
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| description | Abstract Biodiversity, essential to delivering the ecosystem services that support humanity, is under threat. Projections show that loss of biodiversity, specifically increases in species extinction, is likely to continue without significant intervention. Human activity is the principal driver of this loss, generating direct threats such as habitat loss and indirect threats such as climate change. Often, these threats are induced by consumption of products and services in locations far-removed from the affected species, creating a geographical displacement between cause and effect. Here we quantify and categorise extinction-risk footprints for 188 countries. Seventy-six countries are net importers of extinction-risk footprint, 16 countries are net exporters of extinction-risk footprint, and in 96 countries domestic consumption is the largest contributor to the extinction-risk footprint. These profiles provide insight into the underlying sources of consumption which contribute to species extinction risk, a valuable input to the formulation of interventions aimed at transforming humanity’s interactions with biodiversity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eadefe4ba3144c94a73cb018144d59eb2022-12-21T19:00:13ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-04-0112111010.1038/s41598-022-09827-0Quantifying and categorising national extinction-risk footprintsAmanda Irwin0Arne Geschke1Thomas M. Brooks2Juha Siikamaki3Louise Mair4Bernardo B. N. Strassburg5ISA, School of Physics, A28, The University of SydneyISA, School of Physics, A28, The University of SydneyIUCNIUCNSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle UniversityRio Conservation and Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontifical Catholic UniversityAbstract Biodiversity, essential to delivering the ecosystem services that support humanity, is under threat. Projections show that loss of biodiversity, specifically increases in species extinction, is likely to continue without significant intervention. Human activity is the principal driver of this loss, generating direct threats such as habitat loss and indirect threats such as climate change. Often, these threats are induced by consumption of products and services in locations far-removed from the affected species, creating a geographical displacement between cause and effect. Here we quantify and categorise extinction-risk footprints for 188 countries. Seventy-six countries are net importers of extinction-risk footprint, 16 countries are net exporters of extinction-risk footprint, and in 96 countries domestic consumption is the largest contributor to the extinction-risk footprint. These profiles provide insight into the underlying sources of consumption which contribute to species extinction risk, a valuable input to the formulation of interventions aimed at transforming humanity’s interactions with biodiversity.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09827-0 |
| spellingShingle | Amanda Irwin Arne Geschke Thomas M. Brooks Juha Siikamaki Louise Mair Bernardo B. N. Strassburg Quantifying and categorising national extinction-risk footprints Scientific Reports |
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| title_full | Quantifying and categorising national extinction-risk footprints |
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| title_short | Quantifying and categorising national extinction-risk footprints |
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