Institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss

The latest global assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that biodiversity loss can make ecosystems more vulnerable to the effects of climate change and other stressors. Economic growth has been identified as one of the key dr...

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Autores principales:	M. Usman Mirza, Andries Richter, Egbert H. van Nes, Marten Scheffer
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Publicado:	Resilience Alliance 2020
Materias:	biodiversity inequality institutions nonlinear relationships socioeconomic processes sustainability Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a0f0932fcf644a6794e426d7efcab2472021-12-02T18:04:53ZInstitutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss1708-308710.5751/ES-12078-250439https://doaj.org/article/a0f0932fcf644a6794e426d7efcab2472020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol25/iss4/art39/https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087The latest global assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that biodiversity loss can make ecosystems more vulnerable to the effects of climate change and other stressors. Economic growth has been identified as one of the key drivers of these losses, however, the impact pathway may depend on how society organizes economic activity and distributes its benefits. Here we use a global country-level dataset to show how the strength of national institutions and economic inequality in society can mediate the loss of biodiversity worldwide. We find that the interplay of institutions and inequality fully mediates the impact of economic growth on plant biodiversity, but only partially mediates the impact on animal biodiversity. Furthermore, in sustaining biodiversity, the effectiveness of institutions depends on inequality in society, such that biodiversity loss is ameliorated when institutions are strong and inequality low, but in regions with high inequality, institutions tend to lose their efficacy. The analysis also uncovers nonlinearities in inequality, institutions, and biodiversity interactions, which are important to investigate further and consider for policy purposes.M. Usman MirzaAndries RichterEgbert H. van NesMarten SchefferResilience Alliancearticlebiodiversityinequalityinstitutionsnonlinear relationshipssocioeconomic processessustainabilityBiology (General)QH301-705.5EcologyQH540-549.5ENEcology and Society, Vol 25, Iss 4, p 39 (2020)
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spellingShingle	biodiversity inequality institutions nonlinear relationships socioeconomic processes sustainability Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 M. Usman Mirza Andries Richter Egbert H. van Nes Marten Scheffer Institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss
description	The latest global assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that biodiversity loss can make ecosystems more vulnerable to the effects of climate change and other stressors. Economic growth has been identified as one of the key drivers of these losses, however, the impact pathway may depend on how society organizes economic activity and distributes its benefits. Here we use a global country-level dataset to show how the strength of national institutions and economic inequality in society can mediate the loss of biodiversity worldwide. We find that the interplay of institutions and inequality fully mediates the impact of economic growth on plant biodiversity, but only partially mediates the impact on animal biodiversity. Furthermore, in sustaining biodiversity, the effectiveness of institutions depends on inequality in society, such that biodiversity loss is ameliorated when institutions are strong and inequality low, but in regions with high inequality, institutions tend to lose their efficacy. The analysis also uncovers nonlinearities in inequality, institutions, and biodiversity interactions, which are important to investigate further and consider for policy purposes.
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title	Institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss
title_short	Institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss
title_full	Institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss
title_fullStr	Institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss
title_full_unstemmed	Institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss
title_sort	institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss
publisher	Resilience Alliance
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/a0f0932fcf644a6794e426d7efcab247
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Institutions and inequality interplay shapes the impact of economic growth on biodiversity loss

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