BIODIVERSITY is what makes Earth habitable, and a wonderful place to live. Critically, however, it is eroding and facing strong future risks from the large, growing human population, intensifying human activities, and massive climate change. To safeguard and restore biodiversity, we need to improve our understanding and predictive capacity of the complex human-driven biodiversity dynamics and their consequences for people and society, and to develop novel solutions to promote a biodiverse future.
BIOCHANGE addresses this crucial challenge via four linked research themes:
