Land use change is driven by economic forces - @IPBES needs to look into that, not entirely rely on environmental science (economists' theoretical valuation of "natural capital" doesn't do the job either)
"Land-use change is the major direct driver of the loss of both biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe and Central Asia."
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Thanks Victor. In the Summary for Policymakers dropbox.com/s/igeka4ac343jb7… this is touched on in message C4, continued in the text. Elaborated in much more detail in the full report (out later this year) + more nuanced covering a number of drivers of land-use change
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Replying to @IPBES @vicanderso
But challenging to fit into 280 characters for a Tweet :)

Jun 8, 2018 · 8:53 AM UTC