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date: 2012-01-26

Assessing the impacts of livestock production on biodiversity in rangeland ecosystems

26 January 2012 - GLOBIO and IMAGE were used to assess the impact of global change in food demand and livestock production on future rangeland biodiversity. The study shows that policies fostering agricultural intensification can reduce the overall pressure on rangeland biodiversity.
date: 2011-10-27

Future hotspots of mammal loss

27 October 2011 - Research on future declines of mammals shows the need for new conservation priorities. GLOBIO, together with the IMAGE model, contributed to the study with a projection of land use under four scenarios. Results were published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

Assessing the impacts of livestock production on biodiversity in rangeland ecosystems