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Fossil fuel extraction is identified as a primary driver of land-use change that directly impacts biodiversity [1], and practitioners compare its negative effects on biodiversity to those of other industrial land-use activities [2]. Furthermore, stakeholders perceive fossil fuel extraction as having significant, long-term impacts on biodiversity comparable to large-scale energy developments [3].
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Practitioners' perceived risks to biodiversity from renewable energy ... nature.com 3 facts
perspectivePacific Coast practitioners perceive that large-scale solar energy development and fossil fuel extraction have equal impacts on biodiversity, a view held currently and projected until 2050.
procedurePractitioners compared the direct net impacts on biodiversity from the land footprint of large-scale wind and solar energy (LSWS) with impacts from other industrial-scale land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) drivers, including agriculture, farming, urban growth, timber harvest, and fossil fuel extraction and operations.
referenceScholars have identified six predominant drivers of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) that impact biodiversity: agriculture, pasturelands, urban growth, forestry, fossil fuel extraction, and fossil fuel operations.