While there have been occasional positive developments and a slowdown in biodiversity loss since the turn of the millennium, the overall state of biodiversity in Switzerland remains inadequate.
While there have been occasional positive developments and a slowdown in biodiversity loss since the turn of the millennium, the overall state of biodiversity in Switzerland remains inadequate. These findings come from a new report by the Swiss Biodiversity Forum of the SCNAT, co-authored by over 50 experts including Prof. Antoine Guisan of UNIL.
Around fifty experts, including Antoine Guisan, professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine and the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment at Unil, analyzed current scientific publications and monitoring data related to the state of biodiversity in Switzerland. Their findings are compiled in a new report titled " Comprendre et agir pour la biodiversité en Suisse" which was released at a press conference.
Human pressure on biodiversity remains high: intensive resource consumption drives land use, pollution, invasive alien species, and climate change. As a result, landscape fragmentation increased by 7% between 2014 and 2020, and light pollution doubled from 1994 to 2020. While it is true that human-caused nitrogen emissions in the air have declined since 1990, excessive nitrogen still reaches many ecosystems. Due to these ongoing negative impacts, more than a third of all species in Switzerland remain threatened (35%), and there is a growing homogenization of biological communities.
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