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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 / SEI York researchers contributed to a new UK Nitrogen Balance Sheet, developed for WWF-UK by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
Feature / A UK Parliament Committee has carried out a review of how the country contributes to global deforestation, highlighting research performed by Trase and SEI.
Journal article / New legislation may present challenges for suppliers: Brazil's coffee sector faces few barriers to compliance, but other sectors may face significant hurdles.
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