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Global and regional health and food security under strict conservation scenarios

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  • Roslyn C. Henry

    (University of Edinburgh
    University of Aberdeen, King’s College)

  • Almut Arneth

    (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  • Martin Jung

    (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA))

  • Sam S. Rabin

    (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Rutgers University)

  • Mark D. Rounsevell

    (University of Edinburgh
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  • Frances Warren

    (University of Edinburgh)

  • Peter Alexander

    (University of Edinburgh
    University of Edinburgh)

Abstract

Global biodiversity is rapidly declining, and goals to halt biodiversity loss, such as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, have not been achieved. To avoid further biodiversity loss, area-based protection will form part of new biodiversity targets. We use a state-of-the-art global land-use model, the Land System Modular Model, to explore global and regional human health and food security outcomes under strictly enforced 30% and 50% land protection scenarios. We find protection scenarios cause additional human mortality due to diet- and weight-related changes. Low-income regions such as South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa experience the highest levels of underweight-related mortality, causing an additional 200,000 deaths related to malnutrition in these regions alone. High-income regions, by contrast, are less affected by protection measures. Our results highlight that radical measures to protect areas of biodiversity value may jeopardize food security and human health in the most vulnerable regions of the world.

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  • Roslyn C. Henry & Almut Arneth & Martin Jung & Sam S. Rabin & Mark D. Rounsevell & Frances Warren & Peter Alexander, 2022. "Global and regional health and food security under strict conservation scenarios," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 5(4), pages 303-310, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:5:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1038_s41893-021-00844-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-021-00844-x
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