The biosphere integrity planetary boundary was, at least partly, developed to aid policymakers in addressing the dangerous decline of Earth's biodiversity. However, just over a decade since its origination the extent and speed of its adoption as a policy tool remains unclear. Here, we review the uptake of the biosphere integrity boundary into environmental policy at national and international scales, to determine the rapidity at which it has become embedded. We analyzed environmental reports published since 2009 by national governments in Europe and North America, and international reports by global biodiversity conventions and bodies. Our study found that over the last decade the framework has been referenced relatively infrequently at the international scale, though seen greater uptake at national scales, particularly in Europe. Assessing whether this represents a rapid policy uptake remains challenging due to the paucity of comparable studies on rates for analogous concepts. However, our findings suggest that the biosphere integrity planetary boundary has become relatively quickly and increasingly embedded into some national policy.

开发生物圈完整性行星边界至少部分是为了帮助决策者解决地球生物多样性的危险下降。但是，自其诞生以来仅十多年，其作为一种政策工具被采用的程度和速度仍不清楚。在这里，我们回顾了在国家和国际范围内将生物圈完整性边界纳入环境政策的过程，以确定其嵌入的速度。我们分析了2009年以来欧洲和北美国家政府发布的环境报告以及全球生物多样性公约和机构的国际报告。我们的研究发现，在过去十年中，尽管国际范围内对该框架的引用相对较少，但在国家范围内，尤其是在欧洲，这种框架的引用率却更高。由于缺乏类似概念费率的可比研究，因此评估这是否代表一项快速的政策采纳仍然具有挑战性。但是，我们的发现表明，生物圈完整性行星边界已经变得相对较快，并且越来越多地嵌入到某些国家政策中。