Biodiversity

Biodiversity & Nature-related data

This page is dedicated to Biodiversity data, and more broadly, nature-related dependancies, risks, impacts and opportunities in the context of sustainable economics and finance.



Definition

As some of the notions can be unclear, we clarify here some of the main concepts : [definitions to be added]


Country level Biodiversity index

By combining biodiversity-capacity and biodiversity-footprint data from the National Ecological Footprint dataset, from the Ecological Footprint Initiative, Huang et al. created a biodiversity index for 35 countries, available from 1991 up to 2020. This data can be used to perform several kind of economical/financial analysis, for example when matched with firm level information.

For additional information, please refer to the corresponding paper: Huang et al. (2024) “Biodiversity Risk, Firm Performance, and Market Mispricing”, SSRN 4765039.

Users are required to cite as follows: “Research work based on Huang et al. (2023), supported by the EquipEx Pladifes (ANR-21-ESRE-0036) and hosted at the Institut Louis Bachelier".

Country level biodiversity index by Huang et al. is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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References

Scientific papers
- Huang et al. (2024) “Biodiversity Risk, Firm Performance, and Market Mispricing”, SSRN, 4765039.

- Cardinale et al. (2012). Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity. Nature, 486(7401), 59-67.

- Borucke et al. (2013). Accounting for demand and supply of the biosphere's regenerative capacity: The National Footprint Accounts’ underlying methodology and framework. Ecological indicators, 24, pp.518-533. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.08.005

- Lin et al. (2018). Ecological footprint accounting for countries: updates and results of the national footprint accounts, 2012–2018. Resources, 7(3), p.58. doi:10.3390/resources7030058

- Svartzman et al. (2021). A'Silent Spring'for the Financial System? Exploring Biodiversity-Related Financial Risks in France


Reports
- NGFS (2024), “Nature-related Financial Risks: a Conceptual Framework to guide Action by Central Banks and Supervisors” and “Nature-related litigation: emerging trends and lessons learned from climate-related litigation”, NGFS.

- Dasgupta, P. (2021). The economics of biodiversity: The dasgupta review. United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Treasury: London, UK


Datasets
- Dworatzek et al. (2024) National Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts , 2024 Edition (Version 1.0), Produced for Footprint Data Foundation by York University, Ecological Footprint Initiative in partnership with Global Footprint Network.