Achieving a nature- and people-positive future
Obura, David O.; DeClerck, Fabrice; Verburg, Peter H.; Gupta, Joyeeta; Abrams, Jesse F.; Bai, Xuemei; Bunn, Stuart; Ebi, Kristie L.; Gifford, Lauren; Gordon, Chris; Jacobson, Lisa; Lenton, Timothy M.; Liverman, Diana; Mohamed, Awaz; Prodani, Klaudia; Rocha, Juan Carlos; Rockström, Johan; Sakschewski, Boris; Stewart-Koster, Ben; van Vuuren, Detlef; Winkelmann, Ricarda; Zimm, Caroline
(2023) One Earth, volume 6, issue 2, pp. 105 - 117
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Abstract
Despite decades of increasing investment in conservation, we have not succeeded in “bending the curve” of biodiversity decline. Efforts to meet new targets and goals for the next three decades risk repeating this outcome due to three factors: neglect of increasing drivers of decline; unrealistic expectations and time frames of
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biodiversity recovery; and insufficient attention to justice within and between generations and across countries. Our Earth system justice approach identifies six sets of actions that when tackled simultaneously address these failings: (1) reduce and reverse direct and indirect drivers causing decline; (2) halt and reverse biodiversity loss; (3) restore and regenerate biodiversity to a safe state; (4) raise minimum wellbeing for all; (5) eliminate over-consumption and excesses associated with accumulation of capital; and (6) uphold and respect the rights and responsibilities of all communities, present and future. Current conservation campaigns primarily address actions 2 and 3, with urgent upscaling of actions 1, 4, 5, and 6 needed to help deliver the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
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Keywords: Areas, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystem services, Goals, Population, Set, Sustainability
ISSN: 2590-3330
Publisher: Elsevier
Note: Funding Information: This work is part of the Earth Commission, which is hosted by Future Earth and is the science component of the Global Commons Alliance. The Global Commons Alliance is a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, with support from Oak Foundation , MAVA, Porticus, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation , Herlin Foundation and the Global Environment Facility . The Earth Commission is also supported by the Global Challenges Foundation . Support for D.O.O. was provided by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) to CORDIO East Africa, and for J.C.R. by Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS). We are grateful to three anonymous reviewers and Sandra Díaz for improvements to the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors
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