Spatial data from Schulp et al. (2016). A quantitative assessment of policy options for no net loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the European Union. Land Use Policy. (in press).

The Biodiversity Strategy of the European Union includes a target to “ensure no-net-loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services by 2020”. Many policy options can be envisioned to achieve such a no-net-loss target, mainly acting on land use and land management. To assess the effectiveness of such policies at a European Union (EU) scale, we simulated land use changes and their impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services indicators.

This data package contains maps of the ecosystem services: crop production, climate regulation, erosion protection, pollination, and recreation, and the biodiversity indicators connectivity, total bird species richness, farmland bird species richness, and non-farmland bird species richness, in the years 2000 and 2020 in four scenarios. A full explanation is included in the readme.