Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

Abstract

Global Biodiversity Target Missed In 2002, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed to a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. There has been widespread conjecture that this target has not been met. Butchart et al. (p. 1164 , published online 29 April) analyzed over 30 indicators developed within the CBD's framework. These indicators include the condition or state of biodiversity (e.g., species numbers, population sizes), the pressures on biodiversity (e.g., deforestation), and the responses to maintain biodiversity (e.g., protected areas) and were assessed between about 1970 and 2005. Taken together, the results confirm that we have indeed failed to meet the 2010 targets.

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Affiliated Institutions

• Zoological Society of London GB
• Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale IT
• South African National Parks ZA
• University of Virginia US
• University of Cambridge GB
• NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research US
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States) US
• Old Dominion University US
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds GB
• University of British Columbia CA
• BirdLife international GB
• Conservation International US
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research IN
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre GB
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill US
• Environment and Climate Change Canada CA
• World Wide Fund for Nature CH
• Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek NL
• UNESCO FR
• The Nature Conservancy US
• Stellenbosch University ZA
• National Centre for Biological Sciences IN
• The University of Queensland AU
• American Bird Conservancy
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations IT
• University of Bath GB
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (United Kingdom) GB
• United States Geological Survey US
• Joint Research Centre IT
• International Union for Conservation of Nature CH

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