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Publication Date
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2026-07-06 |
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Title
| The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm9982
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Author
| Jaureguiberry, Pedro (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal)
Titeux, Nicolas (Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)
Wiemers, Martin (Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung)
Bowler, Diana E. (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung)
Coscieme, Luca (Hot or Cool Institute)
Golden, Abigail S. (Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of Washington)
Guerra, Carlos A. (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
Jacob, Ute (Universität Oldenburg, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)
Takahashi, Yasuo (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies)
Settele, Josef (Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, University of the Philippines Los Banos)
Díaz, Sandra (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal)
Molnár, Zsolt (Institute of Ecology and Botany)
Purvis, Andy (The Natural History Museum, London, Imperial College London) |
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Description
| Effective policies to halt biodiversity loss require knowing which anthropogenic drivers are the most important direct causes. Whereas previous knowledge has been limited in scope and rigor, here we statistically synthesize empirical comparisons of recent driver impacts found through a wide-ranging review. We show that land/sea use change has been the dominant direct driver of recent biodiversity loss worldwide. Direct exploitation of natural resources ranks second and pollution third; climate change and invasive alien species have been significantly less important than the top two drivers. The oceans, where direct exploitation and climate change dominate, have a different driver hierarchy from land and fresh water. It also varies among types of biodiversity indicators. For example, climate change is a more important driver of community composition change than of changes in species populations. Stopping global biodiversity loss requires policies and actions to tackle all the major drivers and their interactions, not some of them in isolation. (2022-11-11)
***This entry has been automatically imported via Infodoc(ASO) CSV by LIST harvest scripts. Please refer to https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm9982 for the original and latest version of the dataset and data downloads*** (2026-06-11) |
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Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Keyword
| knowing which anthropogenic
halt biodiversity loss
loss require knowing
biodiversity loss
change |
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Funding Information
| Deutsches Zentrum für integrative Biodiversitätsforschung Halle-Jena-Leipzig: NE/M014533/1 |
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Deposit Date
| 2022-11-11 |
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Data Type
| Article |
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Data Source
| Science Advances; eISSN: 23752548, vol. 8, n° 45, art. no. eabm9982 |