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De impact van Vlaanderen op de biodiversiteit in de wereld: op zoek naar indicatoren.

The way we produce, consume and trade in Flanders also exerts great pressure on biodiversity beyond our regional borders. A policy that wants to account for Flanders' impact on global biodiversity needs data on the extent of that impact, sectors and countries involved. This report describes a first set of preliminary, experimental indicators to address that data need.
The results show that Flemish consumption and production patterns exceed Flanders' carrying capacity. The Flemish economy (entirety of our consumption and production for export) has a significant impact on biomass use, associated land use and potential species loss globally. That impact is much greater beyond our regional borders than in Flanders itself.

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Number of pages 66
Type Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Category Research
Language Dutch
Bibtex

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title = "De impact van Vlaanderen op de biodiversiteit in de wereld: op zoek naar indicatoren.",
abstract = "The way we produce, consume and trade in Flanders also exerts great pressure on biodiversity beyond our regional borders. A policy that wants to account for Flanders' impact on global biodiversity needs data on the extent of that impact, sectors and countries involved. This report describes a first set of preliminary, experimental indicators to address that data need.
The results show that Flemish consumption and production patterns exceed Flanders' carrying capacity. The Flemish economy (entirety of our consumption and production for export) has a significant impact on biomass use, associated land use and potential species loss globally. That impact is much greater beyond our regional borders than in Flanders itself.",
author = "Katrijn Alaerts and Maarten Stevens and Maarten Christis",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
day = "01",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.93521832",
language = "English",
publisher = "Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek",
address = "Belgium,
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Authors

Katrijn Alaerts
Maarten Stevens
Maarten Christis