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173. Climate Change and Global Land Use Could Significantly Reduce Species Habitat by 2100

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Understanding how the habitats of global species have changed in the past and how they will be affected by future climate change and land-use change scenarios due to agriculture and urbanization is necessary in developing effective conservation strategies. A paper published in Nature Communication shows that many species have lost their natural habitat areas due to long-term increase of land-use in tropical biodiversity hotspots. The study also provides important quantitative evidence of the costs and benefits of alternative pathways that conservation planners and policy makers must undertake for the future of global biodiversity.

The full article is avaulable at:

Robert M. Beyer & Andrea Manica.  Historical and projected future range sizes of the world’s mammals, birds, and amphibians. Nature Communications (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19455-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19455-9

At the JIRCAS 50th Anniversary Symposium held on November 10th, the importance of biodiversity conservation was mentioned in avoiding pandemics, and for that reason, changes in land use due to agriculture should be minimized in tropical and subtropical regions. The need for technological development and dissemination for sustainable agricultural consolidation was discussed in order to maximize the ecosystem and environmental conservation.

Contributor: IIYAMA Miyuki (Research Strategy Office)

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