Global trends in nature’s contributions to people

• Autores: Brauman, Kate A.; Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro; Polasky, Stephen; Aumeeruddy Thomas, Yildiz; Brancalion, Pedro H.; Declerck, Fabrice; Jacob, Ute; Mastrangelo, Matías E.; Nkongolo, Nsalambi V.; Palang, Hannes; Pérez Méndez, Néstor; Shannon, Lynne J.; Shrestha, Uttam B.; Strombom, Evelyn; Verma, Madhu
• Año de publicación: 2020
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Biodiversidad y Conservación; Ecología; Ecosystem Services; Indicators; Food Systems; Biodiversity; Biodiversidad y Conservación; Ecología
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Río Negro

Fil: Brauman, Kate A. University of Minnesota. Institute on the Environment. Estados Unidos.
Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas A. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural. Río Negro, Argentina.
Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas A. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural. Río Negro, Argentina.
Fil: Polasky, Stephen. University of Minnesota. Department of Applied Economics. Estados Unidos.
Fil: Aumeeruddy Thomas, Yildiz. Université de Montpellier. Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive. Francia.
Fil: Brancalion, Pedro H. S. University of São Paulo. “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture. Department of Forest Sciences. Brasil.
Fil: DeClerck, Fabrice. International Center for Tropical Agriculture. Alliance of Bioversity International. Agricultural Biodiversity. Francia.
Fil: Jacob, Ute. University of Oldenburg. Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity. Alemania.
Fil: Mastrangelo, Matías E. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo de Estudio de Agroecosistemas y Paisajes Rurales. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fil: Nkongolo, Nsalambi V. Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Yangambi. Soil and Water Sciences. República Democrática del Congo.
Fil: Palang, Hannes. Tallinn University. School of Humanities. Centre for Landscape and Culture. Estonia.
Fil: Pérez Méndez, Néstor. Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology. Ebre Experimental Station. España.
Fil: Shannon, Lynne J. University of Cape Town. Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute. Sudáfrica.
Fil: Shrestha, Uttam B. Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. Nepal.
Fil: Strombom, Evelyn. University of Minnesota. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. Estados Unidos.
Fil: Verma, Madhu. World Resources Institute. India.
Declining biodiversity and ecosystem functions put many of nature’s contributions to people at risk. We review and synthesize the scientific literature to assess 50-y global trends across a broad range of nature’s contributions. We distinguish among trends in potential and realized contributions of nature, as well as environmental conditions and the impacts of changes in nature on human quality of life. We find declining trends in the potential for nature to contribute in the majority of material, nonmaterial, and regulating contributions assessed. However, while the realized production of regulating contributions has decreased, realized production of agricultural and many material commodities has increased. Environmental declines negatively affect quality of life, but social adaptation and the availability of substitutes partially offset this decline for some of nature’s contributions. Adaptation and substitutes, however, are often imperfect and come at some cost. For many of the contributions of nature, we find differing trends across different countries and regions, income classes, and ethnic and social groups, reinforcing the argument for more consistent and equitable measurement.
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