Terrestrial biodiversity (NB)

Interpretation of theme:
Is item of theme:	Nature and Biodiversity

Related overviews

• Key policy issues overview displays the components and their Key policy issues organised by policy theme.
• Policy interventions overview displays policy interventions organised by policy theme.

Terrestrial biodiversity (NB) associations

Policy themes are used to classify Key policy issues and policy interventions. The tables below contain the issues and interventions associated with theme item Terrestrial biodiversity (NB).

Associated Key policy issues and their components

Component	Description
Agricultural economy	What are the policy options to reduce agricultural land use and to safeguard global biodiversity, while ensuring food security?
IMAGE framework summary	How could global environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and air pollution evolve?
IMAGE framework summary	What are the consequences of these changes for international targets for biodiversity protection (addressed by the CBD), climate change (UNFCCC) and human development (addressed by the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals)?
Land and biodiversity policies	How can land-use policies contribute to strategies for halting biodiversity loss and reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
Land and biodiversity policies	What are the synergies and trade-offs between halting biodiversity loss, food security, reducing nutrient emissions, and reducing water stress?
Land degradation	In what parts of the world have human-induced changes in land and soil conditions occurred?
Terrestrial biodiversity	What are the key pressure factors causing biodiversity loss?
Terrestrial biodiversity	What is the future rate of terrestrial biodiversity loss in the absence of additional policies and measures?
Terrestrial biodiversity	How will nature conservation policies and measures to reduce the key pressure factors of biodiversity loss contribute to meeting the targets of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?

Associated policy interventions, their components and the affected components

Policy intervention	Description	Implemented in	Affects component
Enlarge protected areas	Increase in areas with protected status, as well the size of the areas as the numer of parks.	Land-use allocation	Agricultural economy Aquatic biodiversity Ecosystem services Land-use allocation Terrestrial biodiversity
Increase forest plantations	Increase the use of wood from highly productive wood plantations instead of wood from (semi-) natural forests.	Forest management	Carbon cycle and natural vegetation Forest management Terrestrial biodiversity