Indirect drivers of biodiversity loss are those unsustainable patterns of production, consumption, resource use, and trade underlying the direct drivers of biodiversity loss. Such patterns are entrenched in societal values and behaviours and can only be tackled via transformative change: i.e., fundamental, system-wide reorganization across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values.
Source: European Commission (2023) EU policies addressing indirect drivers of biodiversity loss.
