Video pill: David Leclère – Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy
In this video, David LECLÈRE (IIASA), awarded at IAMC 2021 with the Early Career Researcher Award illustrates his work Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy, where an ensemble of land-use and biodiversity models are used to assess whether—and how—humanity can reverse the declines in terrestrial biodiversity caused by habitat conversion, which is a major threat to biodiversity.
The method starts IAM generate scenarios of future land-use with sustainable development measures included in them. Then, these land-use scenarios are fed into biodiversity models. Multiple IAMs and biodiversity models are considered which gives helps characterize the uncertainty and robustness of the findings. This study identifies further joint research opportunities for the IAM and biodiversity research communities.
The paper shows that immediate efforts, consistent with the broader sustainability agenda but of unprecedented ambition and coordination, could enable the provision of food for the growing human population while reversing the global terrestrial biodiversity trends caused by habitat conversion.
