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FABLE (2022). Pathways for food and land use systems to contribute to global biodiversity targets. FABLE Policy Brief. Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture & Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) , Montpellier/Paris, France.
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* Biodiversity flourishes in areas where natural processes, such as plant andanimal reproduction and dispersion, take place without human interruption. At present, we estimate that such land where natural processes predominate (LNPP) covers 56% of terrestrial land.
* The evolution of global biodiversity is modelled, as indicated by LNPP, for two scenarios for food and land-use systems change to 2050: a “Current Trends” pathway, based on current policies and historical trends, and a “Sustainable” pathway, depicting ambitious assumptions aimed at sustainable development.
* The 15% expansion target proposed by the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) is missed under both pathways, yet the shortfall is much smaller when ambitious actions are taken. The area of LNPP expands by 14% between 2010 and 2050 in the Sustainable pathway compared to only 2% under Current Trends.
* Increases in LNPP would be achieved while also improving global food security and climate mitigation outcomes.
* While restoration would enable the area of LNPP to expand, existing LNPP including mature forest would continue to disappear.
* Shifting diets, increasing crop and livestock productivity, and limiting agricultural land expansion, were the strongest drivers of positive change in global biodiversity. Implementing these reforms in multiple countries would help put us on track to achieve global biodiversity, food security and climate mitigation goals by 2050.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | biodiversity; land use systems; food systems; policy brief |
| Research Programs: | Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) > Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM) Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) > Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF) Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) > Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC) Strategic Initiatives (SI) |
| Depositing User: | Michaela Rossini |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2022 09:35 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2023 12:27 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/17952 |
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