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Living Planet Report 2018: Aiming Higher

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2018

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Mark Barrett, Alan Belward, S Bladen, Tom D. Breeze, Neil D. Burgess, Stuart H. M. Butchart, H. Clewclow, Sarah Cornell, Arthur Cottam, S. Croft,
IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)

Abstract

Why biodiversity matters~Everything that has built modern human society, with its benefits and luxuries, is provided by natureand we will continue to need these natural resources to survive and thrive.Increasingly, research demonstrates nature's incalculable importance to our health, wealth, food and security.What future benefits might we discover in the millions of species yet to be described, let alone studied?As we better understand our reliance on natural systems it's clear that nature is not just a 'nice to have'.