. The Cost of Policy Inaction: The case of not meeting the 2010 biodiversity target. The land-use changes lead to a change in the biodiversity and change in ecosystem functions (type and level). This will lead to a change in flow of ecosystem services, that will depend on the nature of the change in ecosystem functions, as well as the extent and nature of those who benefit, or no longer benefit, from the service. The value of the ecosystem service assessed here is an anthropocentric value. Most people would agree that a loss of habitat for a species will be an important issue to bear in mind,
. The Cost of Policy Inaction: The case of not meeting the 2010 biodiversity target. The land-use changes lead to a change in the biodiversity and change in ecosystem functions (type and level). This will lead to a change in flow of ecosystem services, that will depend on the nature of the change in ecosystem functions, as well as the extent and nature of those who benefit, or no longer benefit, from the service. The value of the ecosystem service assessed here is an anthropocentric value. Most people would agree that a loss of habitat for a species will be an important issue to bear in mind, even if there are no benefits to society from that species. The authors are aware of this and this should also be borne in mind when considering the results. And, as may be clear from the title of the study, the work focuses on the cost to society of policy inaction. To arrive at values, the land use change and associated ecosystem service losses need to be combined with values of the services, which need to be on a per hectare basis as the GLOBIO model uses land-use areas (hectares) (see Chapter 2 and Annex I). The work also builds on the biodiversity quality indictors (here the CBD21 recognised MSA" indicator as it is core of the GLOBIO model). The methodological implication of using a hectare approach and an MSA approach for quality are discussed later in this chapter. Figure shows the overall schematic of the Change in Land use, Climate, Pollution, Water use. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Braat, L. ten Brink, P. (eds. ) Contributions from: Bolt, K. and Walpole, M. , Consortium led by Alterra, inc. UNEP-WCMC. European Commission
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