A new study with topic Sustainability Whack-a-mole is available online now. It looks at how ecosystem assessments often overlook “distant, diffuse and delayed” impacts. One example is how improved regulations of Chinese and European forests have led to deforestation in the tropics due to increased Chinese and European biomass imports.
The study also highlights “off-stage ecosystem service burdens” may be critical for global sustainability. These burdens must be better recognised and incorporated in ecosystem assessments such as those led by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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