Scenarios for global biodiversity in the 21st century

Henrique M. Pereira; Paul W. Leadley; Vânia Proença; Rob Alkemade; Jörn P. W. Scharlemann; Juan F. Fernandez-Manjarres; Miguel B.  Araújo; Patricia Balvanera; Reinette Biggs; William W. L. Cheung; Louise Chini; H. David Cooper; Eric L. Gilman; Sylvie Guénette; George C. Hurtt; Henry P. Huntington; Georgina M. Mace; Thierry Oberdorff; Carmen Revenga; Patrícia Rodrigues; Robert J. Scholes; Ussif Rashid Sumaila; Matt Walpole

doi:10.1126/science.1196624

Scenarios for global biodiversity in the 21st century

Henrique M. Pereira
, Paul W. Leadley
, Vânia Proença
, Rob Alkemade
, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann
, Juan F. Fernandez-Manjarres
, Miguel B. Araújo
, Patricia Balvanera
, Reinette Biggs
, William W. L. Cheung
, Louise Chini
, H. David Cooper
, Eric L. Gilman
, Sylvie Guénette
, George C. Hurtt
, Henry P. Huntington
, Georgina M. Mace
, Thierry Oberdorff
, Carmen Revenga
, Patrícia Rodrigues

Robert J. Scholes, Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Matt Walpole

School of Environmental Sciences

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Abstract

Quantitative scenarios are coming of age as a tool for evaluating the impact of future socioeconomic development pathways on biodiversity and ecosystem services. We analyze global terrestrial, freshwater, and marine biodiversity scenarios using a range of measures including extinctions, changes in species abundance, habitat loss, and distribution shifts, as well as comparing model projections to observations. Scenarios consistently indicate that biodiversity will continue to decline over the 21st century. However, the range of projected changes is much broader than most studies suggest, partly because there are major opportunities to intervene through better policies, but also because of large uncertainties in projections.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1496-1501
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science
Volume	330
Issue number	6010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1196624
Publication status	Published - 2010

UN SDGs

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SDG 14 Life Below Water
SDG 15 Life on Land

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Pereira, H. M., Leadley, P. W., Proença, V., Alkemade, R., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Fernandez-Manjarres, J. F., Araújo, M. B., Balvanera, P., Biggs, R., Cheung, W. W. L., Chini, L., Cooper, H. D., Gilman, E. L., Guénette, S., Hurtt, G. C., Huntington, H. P., Mace, G. M., Oberdorff, T., Revenga, C., ... Walpole, M. (2010). Scenarios for global biodiversity in the 21st century. Science, 330(6010), 1496-1501. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1196624

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