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Biodiversity impacts of urban land expansion projected to 2050

Urban land conversions are expected to be an increasingly prominent driver of habitat and biodiversity loss over the next 30 years. Here we provide tools to visualize forecasted habitat loss caused by urban land expansion to 2050. These tools highlight the urgent need for an increased focus on urban land in global conservation strategies and identify high-priority areas for this engagement.

Global impacts of urban land expansion

Visualize the impacts of global urban land expansion under three development scenarios (Shared Socio-economic Pathways). Investigate the impacts of individual urban clusters that form global urban impact hotspots.

Impacts of urban expansion on individual species

Visualize projected habitat loss driven by urban and non-urban land-use change for individual species under three different scenarios.

Photo of a Lionhead Agama

Lionhead Agama

Calotes liocephalus
Photo of a Bamenda Reed Frog

Bamenda Reed Frog

Hyperolius ademetzi
Photo of a Pink-Headed Warbler

Pink-Headed Warbler

Ergaticus versicolor
Photo of a Javan Slow Loris

Javan Slow Loris

Nycticebus javanicus

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