Biodiversity science: Conservation efforts and biodiversity loss in vertebrates
One of the large-scale assessments that came out online at the time of the CBD COP10 in late October: an assessment of conservation effectiveness for vertebrates. Hoffmann et al. (2010) The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates. Science 330, 1503; DOI: 10.1126/science.1194442. /...more.../ See also Baillie et al 2010 in the bibliography module at the top of the page. Conclusion is that there would have been one-fifth greater loss had not conservation efforts been made - but that conservation efforts are insufficient to offset the pressure of drivers of biodiversity loss. Wilkinson, Gower and Mace among the authors.