Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

H. M. Butchart, Stuart; Walpole, Matt; Collen, Ben; van Strien, A.; P. W. Scharlemann, Jörn; E. A. Almond, Rosamunde; 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‐François; Leverington, Fiona; Loh, Jonathan; A. McGeoch, Mélodie; 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

Published in Science • Apr 30, 2010

Authors:

Stuart H. M. Butchart

Matt Walpole

Ben Collen

Abstract

In 2002, world leaders committed, through the Convention on Biological Diversity, to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. We compiled 31 indicators to report on progress toward this target. Most indicators of the state of biodiversity (covering species' populatio...

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Biodiversity

Environmental science

Natural resource economics

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