GLOBIO

GLOBIO-Aquatic covers different freshwater systems: flowing water (rivers, streams), lakes and wetlands. Losses in MSA are calculated per freshwater system type, using specific pressure-impact relationships and pressure input data retrieved from various sources, including the IMAGE model, the Global Nutrient Model, global hydrological models (PCR-GLOBWB or LPJmL) and datasets on current and planned dams. GLOBIO-Aquatic follows a catchment approach: impacts on a certain water body depend on the land-use and/or the accumulated nutrients aggregated over the upstream part of the corresponding catchment. After calculating the MSA per freshwater type per grid cell, the MSA values can be aggregated across different freshwater types and/or to larger (user-defined) regions. Similar to the GLOBIO model for terrestrial biodiversity intactness, the contribution of each pressure to the MSA loss in a region can also be calculated... GLOBIO combines the pressure-impact relationships with data on..

Primary location: Den Haag Netherlands