Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has demonstrated that humans are already undermining or even threatening the capacity of many of the world's terrestrial ecosystems to deliver essential services to humanity. Land use is one major factor that may act as a stressor on ecosystems and has been s...

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Main Authors:	Haberl, H., Erb, K.-H., Krausmann, F., Gaube, V., Gingrich, S., Plutzar, C.
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2010
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9188

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spelling	okr-10986-91882021-04-23T14:02:44Z Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production Haberl, H. Erb, K.-H. Krausmann, F. Gaube, V. Gingrich, S. Plutzar, C. World Development Report 2010 The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has demonstrated that humans are already undermining or even threatening the capacity of many of the world's terrestrial ecosystems to deliver essential services to humanity. Land use is one major factor that may act as a stressor on ecosystems and has been shown to be able to alter global biogeochemical cycles as well as influence biodiversity on local, regional and even global scales. Climate change will affect land systems both directly, i.e. through impacts of changes in temperature, precipitation or CO2 concentration on terrestrial ecosystems and indirectly, i.e. through climate-response measures (mitigation, adaptation) taken by human societies. The results of this analysis suggest that large-scale schemes to substitute biomass for fossil fuels should be viewed cautiously, as massive additional pressures on ecosystems might result from increased biomass harvest. 2012-06-26T15:40:32Z 2012-06-26T15:40:32Z 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9188 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa Europe and Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean
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description	The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has demonstrated that humans are already undermining or even threatening the capacity of many of the world's terrestrial ecosystems to deliver essential services to humanity. Land use is one major factor that may act as a stressor on ecosystems and has been shown to be able to alter global biogeochemical cycles as well as influence biodiversity on local, regional and even global scales. Climate change will affect land systems both directly, i.e. through impacts of changes in temperature, precipitation or CO2 concentration on terrestrial ecosystems and indirectly, i.e. through climate-response measures (mitigation, adaptation) taken by human societies. The results of this analysis suggest that large-scale schemes to substitute biomass for fossil fuels should be viewed cautiously, as massive additional pressures on ecosystems might result from increased biomass harvest.
author	Haberl, H. Erb, K.-H. Krausmann, F. Gaube, V. Gingrich, S. Plutzar, C.
author_facet	Haberl, H. Erb, K.-H. Krausmann, F. Gaube, V. Gingrich, S. Plutzar, C.
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title	Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production
title_short	Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production
title_full	Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production
title_fullStr	Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production
title_full_unstemmed	Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production
title_sort	quantification of the intensity of global human use of ecosystems for biomass production
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2012
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Quantification of the Intensity of Global Human Use of Ecosystems for Biomass Production

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