Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

H. M. Butchart, Stuart; Walpole, Matt; Collen, Ben; van Strien, Arco; P. W. Scharlemann, Jörn; E. A. Almond, Rosamunde; E. M. Baillie, Jonathan; Bomhard, Bastian; Brown, Claire; Bruno, John; E. Carpenter, Kent; M. Carr, Geneviève; Chanson, Janice; M. Chenery, Anna; Csirke, Jorge; C. Davidson, Nick; Dentener, Frank; Foster, Matt; Galli, Alessandro; N. Galloway, James; Genovesi, Piero; D. Gregory, Richard; Hockings, Marc; Kapos, Valerie; Lamarque, Jean-Francois; Leverington, Fiona; Loh, Jonathan; A. McGeoch, Melodie; McRae, Louise; Minasyan, Anahit; Hernández Morcillo, Monica; E. E. Oldfield, Thomasina; Pauly, Daniel; Quader, Suhel; Revenga, Carmen; R. Sauer, John; Skolnik, Benjamin; Spear, Dian; Stanwell-Smith, Damon; N. Stuart, Simon; Symes, Andy; Tierney, Megan; D. Tyrrell, Tristan; Vié, Jean-Christophe; Watson, Reg

doi:10.1126/science.1187512

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Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

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Authors:

Stuart H. M. Butchart

Matt Walpole

Ben Collen

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) analyze...

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