Wiki source code of 5.3.2.2. Biodiversity loss
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| 1 | = 5.3.2.2. Biodiversity loss = | ||
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| 4 | ====== **Social challenge/ impact linked to:** ====== | ||
| 5 | )))|Environmental | ||
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| 7 | ====== **Level of importance** ====== | ||
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| 9 | **2** - Medium Importance / good to have | ||
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| 12 | ====== **Description** ====== | ||
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| 14 | ‘Biodiversity is the variety of all life on Earth. It includes all species of animals and plants, and the natural systems that support them. Biodiversity matters because it supports the vital benefits we get from the natural environment. It contributes to our economy, our health and wellbeing, and it enriches our lives.’ | ||
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| 16 | Biodiversity loss is important nationally and globally as it increases ‘…the risks of abrupt and irreversible changes to ecosystems’. Beyond that, biodiversity clearly has intrinsic value. | ||
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| 19 | ====== **Scale as linked to D2.2 framework** ====== | ||
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| 23 | * City | ||
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| 26 | ====== **Data source and input type** ====== | ||
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| 28 | * UK Farmland Bird Index (UK case) | ||
| 29 | * total areas of green spaces including green roofs, green walls (Amsterdam case) | ||
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| 32 | ====== **Connection with SDGs** ====== | ||
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| 36 | * Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities | ||
| 37 | * Goal 13: Climate action | ||
| 38 | * Goal 15: Life on land | ||
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| 41 | ====== **Required Data** ====== | ||
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| 43 | * data about wild species (birds etc) | ||
| 44 | * total areas of green spaces including green roofs, green walls (Amsterdam case) | ||
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| 47 | ====== **Expected Outputs** ====== | ||
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| 49 | * per cent of species declined | ||
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| 52 | ====== **Calculation methods** ====== | ||
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| 54 | * setting the boundary of the biodiversity (e.g. the number of bird species in 1970 in UK case) and calculate the percent of loss according to that | ||
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| 57 | ====== **Level of expertise required** ====== | ||
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| 59 | * high | ||
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| 62 | ====== **Links and references** ====== | ||
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| 64 | * DEFRA (2014) ‘Biodiversity 2020: a Strategy for England's Wildlife and Ecosystem Services Indicators’, London: DEFRA. p.1, [[https:~~/~~/www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383902/England_full_2014_finalv2.pd>>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383902/England_full_2014_finalv2.pd]] | ||
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| 66 | * DEFRA ‘National Statistics Release: Wild Bird Populations in the UK, 1970 to 2013’, London: DEFRA. pp. 8. – 11. https:~/~/www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/372755/UK_Wild_birds_19702013_final_-_revision_2.pd | ||
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| 69 | Revisions | ||
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| 71 | |**Version**|**Name**|**Date**|**Changes made** | ||
| 72 | |**0.1**| | |Factsheet created | ||
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