Trends in biodiversity loss

Future biodiversity loss will be the result of various human induced pressures, with a large role for agricultural land use, encroachment and climate change

Given the further expansion of agricultural areas, climate change and trends in other environmental pressures, such as nitrogen deposition, without a major policy shift global biodiversity is projected to decline further at a rate similar to the historical rate. As a result, global biodiversity value is expected to decline from 68% in 2010 to 60% by 2050, with a large role for agricultural land use, encroachment and climate change.