Biodiversity and Society Programme
Description
The 2021 World Economic Forum Global Risks Report identifies biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as a significant threat in the coming decade due to their potential impact on supply chains, health and nutrition. Over half of the global GDP is moderately or highly reliant on nature, and biodiversity decline endangers more than 80% of Sustainable Development Goal targets. The value of biodiversity, in its inherent, economic, and potential capacity to combat climate change through Nature-based Solutions (NbS), is increasingly acknowledged.
The Oxford Martin Programme on Biodiversity and Society intends to utilise this recognition, supporting systemic change towards a sustainable human-environment relationship and mobilising financial resources for its protection and restoration in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pooling expertise from various disciplines across the University, including ecology, finance and economics, social sciences, wellbeing, cultural values, AI, machine learning, and satellite-based monitoring, the programme strives to halt biodiversity loss and foster opportunities for global biodiversity recovery.
The programme will operate from local to global levels, collaborating with business and governmental partners. The initiatives will include:
Constructing an advanced biodiversity modelling platform to predict the future effects of human activities, aiding the formulation of local conservation strategies.
- Using the local landscape as a nature-recovery laboratory and community of practice to foster collaborations between the University and local stakeholders, positioning Oxfordshire at the forefront of national nature monitoring and recovery initiatives.
- Determining how to enhance post-pandemic recovery through nature, increasing understanding of the economic potential of investments in nature and informing policy design for the Global South.
- Integrating biodiversity impact into business decision-making. A standardised framework for quantifying biodiversity losses and gains will be developed to inform policy at the international and national levels, as well as by corporations and investors.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Contact details
Old Indian Institute Building
34 Broad Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3BD
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University of Oxford
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2024-05-30 12:09:41