BIOVALENT: Biodiversity Footprint Database

BIOVALENT: Biodiversity Footprint Database interface (with additional food-related biodiversity impact factors) can be found at: https://oscsolutions.cc.jyu.fi/wisdom/biovalent/

The BIOVALENT data files in Zenodo contain global consumption-based, monetary, biodiversity impact factors for 44 countries and five rest of the world regions. The dataset has been compiled by combining information from EXIOBASE and LC-IMPACT databases. In addition, the EXIOBASE database has been analyzed with the pymrio analysis tool to determine the geographical location of the consumption-based biodiversity impacts. The mid-point impact factors from EXIOBASE are based on 2019 data, but the regional analysis with pymrio is based on 2011 data. EXIOBASE version 3.8.2 was used and LC-IMPACT version 1.3. The data is currently non peer-reviewed and under submission. The preprint of the manuscript can be found from: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.14186

Please also cite the preprint when using the database:

El Geneidy, S., Peura, M., Aumanen, V.-M., Baumeister, S., Helimo, U., Vainio, V. & Kotiaho, J. S. (2026). Value-transforming financial, carbon and biodiversity footprint accounting. arXiv:2309.14186 [econ.GN]. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.14186

About the units

The unit used in the database is the biodiversity equivalent (BDe). The biodversity equivalent, as we call it, is more commonly known as the global potentially disappeared fraction of species (global PDF, Verones et al., 2020). Thus, the monetary biodiversity impact factors are presented in the form BDe/€.

Prices are in basic prices and the conversion factors to transform purchaser prices (e.g. financial accounting prices) to basic prices are provided for Finland (and later for all regions), based on EXIOBASE supply and use tables (SUT).

Content of files

BiodiversityFootprintDatabase.xlsx

The biodiversity impact factors, regional abbreviations and basic price conversion factors for Finland.

BiodiversityFootprintDatabase_DetailedData.zip

The detailed data used to combine EXIOBASE and LC-IMPACT data after the EXIOBASE data was analyzed with the pymrio tool. Contains folders for each driver of biodiversity loss according to the LC-IMPACT classification.

20220406_Exio3stressorcode _2011.py & 20220406_Exio3StressorAggregationCode_2011.py

The pymrio codes that were used to analyze EXIOBASE and the geographical location of the drivers of biodiversity loss (mid-point indicators).

BIOVALENT：生物多样性足迹数据库界面（附带额外的食品相关生物多样性影响因子），访问地址为：https://oscsolutions.cc.jyu.fi/wisdom/biovalent/

Zenodo平台中的BIOVALENT数据文件包含44个国家及5个全球其他区域的基于消费的货币化生物多样性影响因子。本数据集通过整合EXIOBASE与LC-IMPACT两大数据库的信息编制而成。此外，研究团队借助pymrio分析工具对EXIOBASE数据库进行处理，以确定基于消费的生物多样性影响的地理分布。EXIOBASE的中点影响因子基于2019年数据，而借助pymrio开展的区域分析则以2011年数据为依据。本研究使用的EXIOBASE版本为3.8.2，LC-IMPACT版本为1.3。目前该数据尚未经过同行评议，处于投稿阶段。相关论文的预印本可通过以下链接获取：https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.14186

使用该数据库时，请同时引用该预印本：
El Geneidy, S., Peura, M., Aumanen, V.-M., Baumeister, S., Helimo, U., Vainio, V. & Kotiaho, J. S. (2026). 《价值转型型财务、碳足迹与生物多样性足迹核算》. arXiv:2309.14186 [econ.GN]. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2309.14186

关于计量单位
本数据库采用的计量单位为生物多样性当量（biodiversity equivalent, BDe）。通常所称的生物多样性当量，即全球物种潜在消失比例（global Potentially Disappeared Fraction of species, 全球PDF，Verones等人，2020）。因此，货币化生物多样性影响因子以BDe/€的形式呈现。

数据采用基本价格计价，同时提供了将购买价格（如财务核算价格）转换为基本价格的转换系数，该系数基于EXIOBASE的供给与使用表（Supply and Use Table, SUT）编制，最初针对芬兰（后续将覆盖所有区域）。

文件清单
1. BiodiversityFootprintDatabase.xlsx
包含生物多样性影响因子、区域缩写及芬兰的基本价格转换系数。
2. BiodiversityFootprintDatabase_DetailedData.zip
借助pymrio工具处理EXIOBASE数据后，用于整合EXIOBASE与LC-IMPACT数据的详细数据集，其中包含依据LC-IMPACT分类体系划分的每一类生物多样性损失驱动因子对应的文件夹。
3. 20220406_Exio3stressorcode_2011.py 与 20220406_Exio3StressorAggregationCode_2011.py
用于分析EXIOBASE数据库及生物多样性损失驱动因子（中点指标）地理分布的pymrio代码。