Closing the loop of sustainability: understanding drivers and challenges to reduce biodiversity loss

Conservation of biodiversity in the age of Anthropocene is one of the important challenges of the present and forthcoming generations. Biodiversity being a cross cutting topic has been part of national and international strategically relevant deliberation, negotiations, plans and decisions related to disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptations, SDGs etc. Present opinion paper addresses overviews on key challenges being faced and solutions available to reduce biodiversity loss and how in long run this can help in closing the loop of sustainability.