How the loss of forest fauna undermines the achievement of the SDGs
(2022) In Ambio 51(1). p.103-113- Abstract
The human-driven loss of biodiversity has numerous ecological, social, and economic impacts at the local and global levels, threatening important ecological functions and jeopardizing human well-being. In this perspective, we present an overview of how tropical defaunation—defined as the disappearance of fauna as a result of anthropogenic drivers such as hunting and habitat alteration in tropical forest ecosystems—is interlinked with four selected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We discuss tropical defaunation related to nutrition and zero hunger (SDG 2), good health and well-being (SDG 3), climate action (SDG 13), and life on land (SDG 15). We propose a range of options on how to study defaunation in future research and how to... (More)
The human-driven loss of biodiversity has numerous ecological, social, and economic impacts at the local and global levels, threatening important ecological functions and jeopardizing human well-being. In this perspective, we present an overview of how tropical defaunation—defined as the disappearance of fauna as a result of anthropogenic drivers such as hunting and habitat alteration in tropical forest ecosystems—is interlinked with four selected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We discuss tropical defaunation related to nutrition and zero hunger (SDG 2), good health and well-being (SDG 3), climate action (SDG 13), and life on land (SDG 15). We propose a range of options on how to study defaunation in future research and how to address the ongoing tropical defaunation crisis, including but not limited to recent insights from policy, conservation management, and development practice.
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- author
- Krause, Torsten LU and Tilker, Andrew
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Carbon storage, Defaunation, Hunting, Nutrition, Security, Sustainable Development Goals, Tropical forest fauna, Well-being, Wild meat
- in
- Ambio
- volume
- 51
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 103 - 113
- publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85103665533
- pmid:33825158
- ISSN
- 0044-7447
- DOI
- 10.1007/s13280-021-01547-5
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a1df23f7-aea8-490e-a02a-9756fc711fa5
- date added to LUP
- 2021-04-14 08:15:27
- date last changed
- 2025-04-07 18:22:00
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