Project3_Savannah
"Biodiversity and ecosystems are under pressure worldwide and are expecting accelerating changes with some alarming trends and largely unknown consequences (Butchart et al., 2010; Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). A major cause of these threats on biodiversity observed in many ecosystems, terrestrial or aquatic, is related to human's development and anthropogenic activities including fishing, agriculture, forestry, or hunting (Godfray et al., 2010). The changes in biodiversity in turn affect human activities relying on it and alter important economic commodities and services provided by biological diversity, renewable resources, and ecosystems. In particular, provisioning services related to the production of food, energy, or drugs can be significantly impacted. Similarly, cultural services, namely, nonmaterial benefits including aesthetic inspiration or opportunities for tourism and for recreation, can be reduced as well as regulation services including pollination, carbon cycle, or water cycling. Climate change complexifies and exacerbates the issues by inducing new or intensifying existing risks, uncertainties, and vulnerabilities."




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