Title in Spanish: Estado Actual y Futuro de la Biodiversidad en Centroamérica
Central America Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD)
GLOBIO contribution:
Analysis of current and future status of biodiversity using the CLUE and GLOBIO models.
Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from logging, mining and charcoal production are amongst these threats, in addition to natural epidemics such as ebola and the new risk of diseases passed from humans to gorillas.
Trisurat et al.
Rapid deforestation has occurred in northern Thailand over the last few decades and it is expected to continue. This paper , by dr. Trisurat and colleagues, explores three different land-use scenarios, aiming at the development of the region with different levels of biodiversity protection. GLOBIO is used to evaluate the consequences for biodiversity. The scenario with conservation strategies focussing on locations with high biodiversity, minimizing impact of fragmentation and infrastructure proof to be the best in combining development with biodiversity conservation.
GLOBIO contribution:
For the Dutch Nature Balance 2008 GLOBIO was used to determine the biodiversity footprint of Dutch consumption in terms of MSA values.
The world is too small to simultaneously produce enough food (including meat) for everyone and to deliver biofuels on a large enough scale to slow down climate change and maintain biodiversity. The Netherlands in a Sustainable World (second sustainability outlook) presents sufficient options for fighting poverty, tackling climate change and limiting the loss of biodiversity. The costs of these options can be limited to a few percent of GDP in 2040. However this will only be possible with coordinated international.