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Why is society failing to halt biodiversity loss? Professor Joern Fischer Email :  [email_address]   Blog :  http://ideas4sustainability.wordpress.com/   Twitter : @ideas4sust  Image source: http://www.ygoy.com/2011/10/01/top-biodiversity-hotspots-the-endangered-ones/
The “father of conservation biology”: Michael Soulé ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: http://www.conservationgis.org/scgis/ScgNews1/graphics/soule1b.jpg
Biodiversity ,[object Object],[object Object],Source: http://www.life.illinois.edu/ib/335/images/piechart.large.jpg
On the verge of the sixth mass extinction? Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, see also Barnosky et al. 2011, Nature
Proximate drivers ,[object Object],Source: Sala et al. 2000, Science
Protected areas ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: http://www.cbd.int/images/map20.gif; Gaston et al. 2008, Annual Review Ecol. Syst.
Source:  Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dXEL7_-VClA/TOiOkByUxmI/AAAAAAAAAg8/p5rEpIr-YWQ/s1600/090103_Wing.jpg
Source:  The insurance value of biodiversity ,[object Object],Sources: Walker 1992, 1995 Conserv. Biol.
Why should we care about biodiversity decline? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sources: Gaston and Spicer 2004; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
01.03.12 13.04.2011 Source: Steffen, W., et al. (2004) Global change and the Earth system. Springer-Verlag The ‘Anthropocene’  (Paul Crutzen, 2000)
01.03.12 13.04.2011 Source: Steffen, W., et al. (2004) Global change and the Earth system. Springer-Verlag The ‘Anthropocene’  (Paul Crutzen, 2000)
01.03.12 The ‘Anthropocene’  (Paul Crutzen, 2000) 13.04.2011 Source: Steffen, W., et al. (2004) Global change and the Earth system. Springer-Verlag
What kinds of things are we trying? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
But the gap is growing, not closing 13.04.2011 Source: Fischer et al. (2007). Mind the sustainability gap. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22, 612-624.  “ What's troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics…” (Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope)
Sustainability and human behavior ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Fischer et al. 2012. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Population and consumption ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sources: Ehrlich and Holdren 1971, Science; other references are detailed in Fischer et al. 2012 Frontiers
Population and consumption ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Science : Godfray et al. 10; Phalan et al. 11, Fischer et al. 11;  PNAS : Tilmann et al. 11;  Nature : Foley et al. 11
Equity and fairness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Institutions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Leunig
Reminder: the sustainability gap 13.04.2011 Source: Fischer et al. (2007). Mind the sustainability gap. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22, 612-624.
The elephant in the room! ,[object Object],[object Object],Source: http://absolutecytron.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Elephant2.png
Is the elephant finally being noticed…? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Where is ‘real change’ going to come from? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: http://www.kladeradatsch.de/resources/Marionette.jpg
Conclusion: so why are we failing? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Acknowledgements ,[object Object],Source: http://www.conservationgis.org/scgis/ScgNews1/graphics/soule1b.jpg We need to broaden our beam of compassion to encompass all life on earth – not just in our immediate area of interest   (paraphrasing of Michael Soulé, Canberra 2006)

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Leuphana sustainability summit joern fischer 2012

  • 1. Why is society failing to halt biodiversity loss? Professor Joern Fischer Email : [email_address] Blog : http://ideas4sustainability.wordpress.com/ Twitter : @ideas4sust Image source: http://www.ygoy.com/2011/10/01/top-biodiversity-hotspots-the-endangered-ones/
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  • 4. On the verge of the sixth mass extinction? Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, see also Barnosky et al. 2011, Nature
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  • 10. 01.03.12 13.04.2011 Source: Steffen, W., et al. (2004) Global change and the Earth system. Springer-Verlag The ‘Anthropocene’ (Paul Crutzen, 2000)
  • 11. 01.03.12 13.04.2011 Source: Steffen, W., et al. (2004) Global change and the Earth system. Springer-Verlag The ‘Anthropocene’ (Paul Crutzen, 2000)
  • 12. 01.03.12 The ‘Anthropocene’ (Paul Crutzen, 2000) 13.04.2011 Source: Steffen, W., et al. (2004) Global change and the Earth system. Springer-Verlag
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  • 14. But the gap is growing, not closing 13.04.2011 Source: Fischer et al. (2007). Mind the sustainability gap. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22, 612-624. “ What's troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics…” (Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope)
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  • 20. Reminder: the sustainability gap 13.04.2011 Source: Fischer et al. (2007). Mind the sustainability gap. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22, 612-624.
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Editor's Notes

  1. State what you will do – including the hope that some of it is controversial
  2. + state its multidisciplinary We should keep this mix in mind – later I will come back to this multi-facetted nature
  3. Example: EU target to halt biodiversity loss by 2020
  4. Make links to other people here
  5. We’ve had a quote from Obama before – now let’s look at what his chief scientific advisor has to say (John Holdren)
  6. Example: EU target to halt biodiversity loss by 2020
  7. For those of us interested in sustainability, I believe that our goal should be to do whatever we can to start such a movement
  8. Thank you.