Aiming higher to bend the curve of biodiversity loss
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Reversing nature's ongoing decline while also addressing inequality will require transformative change, namely a fundamental, system-wide reorganization across technological, economic, and social factors, making sustainability the norm rather than the altruistic exception.
“reversing nature ' s ongoing decline ( 100 ) while also addressing inequality will require transformative change, namely a fundamental, system-wide reorganization across technological, economic, and social factors, making sustainability the norm rather than the altruistic exception.”
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredOur scenarios aim at biodiversity conservation goals that have already been agreed in principle by Governments.
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- Authors
- Mace, G. M., Barrett, M., Burgess, N. D., Cornell, S. E., Freeman, R., Grooten, M., & Purvis, A.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- WWF-UK (GB)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Stockholm Resilience Centre (SE)
- Zoological Society of London (GB)
- Natural History Museum (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Mace, Georgina M.
- Venue
- Nature Sustainability
- Published
- 2018-09-14
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 448-451
- ISSN
- 2398-9629 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2889366632
- Cited by
- 550
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 38 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 57 · 2022: 94 · 2021: 84 · 2020: 95 · 2019: 49 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 102.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2020-08-10)
- Open access
- green
- discovery.ucl.ac.uk
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Sustainability (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/M014533/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Conservation and Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Keywords
- biodiversity loss, Convention on Biological Diversity, post-2020 global biodiversity framework, biodiversity restoration, biodiversity targets, biodiversity indicators
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