A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets.

P Tittensor, Derek; Walpole, Matt; L L Hill, Samantha; G Boyce, Daniel; L Britten, Gregory; D Burgess, Neil; H M Butchart, Stuart; W Leadley, Paul; C Regan, Eugenie; Alkemade, Rob; Baumung, Roswitha; Bellard, Céline; Bouwman, Lex; J Bowles-Newark, Nadine; M Chenery, Anna; W L Cheung, William; Christensen, Villy; David Cooper, H; R Crowther, Annabel; J R Dixon, Matthew; Galli, Alessandro; Gaveau, Valérie; D Gregory, Richard; L Gutierrez, Nicolas; L Hirsch, Tim; Höft, Robert; R Januchowski-Hartley, Stephanie; Karmann, Marion; B Krug, Cornelia; J Leverington, Fiona; Loh, Jonathan; Kutsch Lojenga, Rik; Malsch, Kelly; Marques, Alexandra; H W Morgan, David; J Mumby, Peter; Newbold, Tim; Noonan-Mooney, Kieran; N Pagad, Shyama; C Parks, Bradley; M Pereira, Henrique; Robertson, Tim; Rondinini, Carlo; Santini, Luca; P W Scharlemann, Jörn; Schindler, Stefan; Rashid Sumaila, U; S L Teh, Louise; van Kolck, Jennifer; Visconti, Piero

doi:10.1126/science.1257484

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A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets.

Published in Science (New York, N.Y.) • Oct 10, 2014

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Authors:

Derek P Tittensor

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Matt Walpole

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Samantha L L Hill

Abstract

In 2010, the international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed on 20 biodiversity-related "Aichi Targets" to be achieved within a decade. We provide a comprehensive mid-term assessment of progress toward these global targets using 55 indicator data sets. W...

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