Biodiversity science: Indicators of recent declines published in Science

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Paper in Science - now some time ago in May, but worth a reminder: Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines, Butchart et al. Science 28 May 2010: Vol. 328. no. 5982, pp. 1164 - 1168 DOI: 10.1126/science.1187512

In summary, the authors compiled 31 indicators to report on progress toward the 2010 target.

  • "Most indicators of the state of biodiversity (covering species' population trends, extinction risk, habitat extent and condition, and community composition) showed declines, with no significant recent reductions in rate, whereas indicators of pressures on biodiversity (including resource consumption, invasive alien species, nitrogen pollution, overexploitation, and climate change impacts) showed increases."
  • "The rate of biodiversity loss does not appear to be slowing."

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