BIODIVERSITY AND SECURITY: A FOREST EXAMPLE

The document outlines how biodiversity loss in forests undermines societal stability and global security. It identifies five key mechanisms: the role of pollinators and seed dispersers in food security, the capacity of diverse forests for carbon storage to mitigate climate change, the function of healthy forests in flood prevention, the reduction of zoonotic disease spillover through intact ecosystems, and the overall resilience of biodiverse systems against disturbances.

• Biodiversity loss in forest ecosystems increases global security risks, including a higher likelihood of pandemics, more lethal natural disasters such as landslides and flooding, and increased food and freshwater stress.
• Intact and biodiverse forests mitigate public health and pandemic risks by preventing the fragmentation and species loss that lead to higher densities of animals likely to carry zoonotic diseases.
• Forests with higher biodiversity and older trees enhance carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation by storing more carbon in plant materials and soil organic matter.

APA

The Council on Strategic Risks (n.d.). BIODIVERSITY AND SECURITY: A FOREST EXAMPLE. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Biodiversity-and-Security-A-Forest-Example_Infographic.pdf

Chicago

The Council on Strategic Risks. BIODIVERSITY AND SECURITY: A FOREST EXAMPLE. n.d. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Biodiversity-and-Security-A-Forest-Example_Infographic.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{thecouncilonstrategicrisksndbiodiversity, author = {{The Council on Strategic Risks}}, title = {{BIODIVERSITY AND SECURITY: A FOREST EXAMPLE}}, institution = {The Council on Strategic Risks}, url = {https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Biodiversity-and-Security-A-Forest-Example_Infographic.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }