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Declining biodiversity for food and agriculture needs urgent global action

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The continuing loss of ecosystems, species and intraspecific genetic diversity has profound implications for agriculture, food security and human wellbeing. An urgent response is needed, including at global level.

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Fig. 1: Global state and trends figures for key elements of biodiversity important to food and agriculture.
Fig. 2: Countries’ evaluation of trends in the use of selected management practices and approaches.

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All authors contributed to the conception and design of the paper. D.P. drafted the paper. J.B. and I.H. substantively revised the paper.

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Pilling, D., Bélanger, J. & Hoffmann, I. Declining biodiversity for food and agriculture needs urgent global action. Nat Food 1, 144–147 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0040-y

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