Biodiversity’s contributions to sustainable development

Blicharska, Malgorzata; Smithers, Richard J.; Mikusiński, Grzegorz; Rönnbäck, Patrik; Harrison, Paula A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9873-3338; Nilsson, Måns; Sutherland, William J.. 2019 Biodiversity’s contributions to sustainable development. Nature Sustainability, 2 (12). 1083-1093. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0417-9

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0417-9

Abstract/Summary

International concern to develop sustainably challenges us to act upon the inherent links between our economy, society and environment, and is leading to increasing acknowledgement of biodiversity’s importance. This Review discusses the breadth of ways in which biodiversity can support sustainable development. It uses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a basis for exploring scientific evidence of the benefits delivered by biodiversity. It focuses on papers that provide examples of how biodiversity components (that is, ecosystems, species and genes) directly deliver benefits that may contribute to the achievement of individual SDGs. It also considers how biodiversity’s direct contributions to fulfilling some SDGs may indirectly support the achievement of other SDGs to which biodiversity does not contribute directly. How the attributes (for example, diversity, abundance or composition) of biodiversity components influence the benefits delivered is also presented, where described by the papers reviewed. While acknowledging potential negative impacts and trade-offs between different benefits, the study concludes that biodiversity may contribute to fulfilment of all SDGs.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0417-9
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2398-9629
Additional Keywords:	developing world, sustainability
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	18 Dec 2019 16:43 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526259

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0417-9

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

2398-9629

Additional Keywords:

developing world, sustainability

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment