A comprehensive multi-model study published in Science, led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), reveals that global biodiversity decreased by 2% to 11% solely due to land-use changes in the 20th century.
Biodiversity decreased between 2% and 11% in the 20th century due solely to changes in land use, but the role of climate change could gain importance, indicates.
Land-use change has caused a decrease in global biodiversity in the 20th century. Read more here. A recent study shows that land-use change alone has caused a 2% to 11% decrease in global biodiversity throughout the twentieth century.
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<p>Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in <em>Science</em>. Projections show climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century. </p>
<p>The analysis was led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and is the largest modelling study of its kind to date. The researchers compared thirteen models for assessing the impact of land-use change and climate change on four distinct biodiversity metrics, as well as on nine ecosystem services.</p>