IMAGE framework summary/Impacts

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Impacts of environmental change

Several impacts of global environmental change are calculated in IMAGE (Component Impacts). Here we describe biodiversity loss and impacts on human development.

Biodiversity loss

Biodiversity loss is assessed by the impact model GLOBIO (Component [[Terrestrial biodiversity ]]) as calculated changes in mean species abundance (MSA). The MSA indicator maps the effect of direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss provided by IMAGE, including climate, land-use change, ecosystem fragmentation, expansion of infrastructure, disturbance of habitats, and acid and reactive nitrogen deposition. Their compound effect on biodiversity is computed with the Template:LOBIO model