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This project aims to provide a methodology for linking UK imports of goods and services to geographically defined impacts on biodiversity in a consistent and repeatable manner.
The study presents a new method for analyzing the global impacts of UK consumption, which is potentially highly powerful for undertaking an assessment of potential drivers of biodiversity loss in producing regions, and simultaneously assessing a variety of different commodities in a consistent, comparable and repeatable manner.
The project analyzed 12 commodities but the methodology can be extended to over 200 commodities. The inclusion of supply chain impacts and retention of the origin of production within the international database is a fundamental step forward in understanding the potential holistic impacts in one country associated with consumption in another.
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Other publication / Researchers working with UKRI's Transforming Foundation Industries Research and Innovation Hub have collated findings and key messages from interviewees.
Feature / Delivering legislation to tackle deforestation should be a priority for the newly elected British government according to Trase.
Journal article / Surveys show that industry stakeholders endorse moves to increase the percentage of remelted glass used, as well as supporting local refill and reuse schemes.
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