Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

Author:

Butchart Stuart H. M.12,Walpole Matt1,Collen Ben3,van Strien Arco4,Scharlemann Jörn P. W.1,Almond Rosamunde E. A.1,Baillie Jonathan E. M.3,Bomhard Bastian1,Brown Claire1,Bruno John5,Carpenter Kent E.6,Carr Geneviève M.7,Chanson Janice8,Chenery Anna M.1,Csirke Jorge9,Davidson Nick C.10,Dentener Frank11,Foster Matt12,Galli Alessandro13,Galloway James N.14,Genovesi Piero15,Gregory Richard D.16,Hockings Marc17,Kapos Valerie118,Lamarque Jean-Francois19,Leverington Fiona17,Loh Jonathan20,McGeoch Melodie A.21,McRae Louise3,Minasyan Anahit22,Morcillo Monica Hernández1,Oldfield Thomasina E. E.23,Pauly Daniel24,Quader Suhel25,Revenga Carmen26,Sauer John R.27,Skolnik Benjamin28,Spear Dian29,Stanwell-Smith Damon1,Stuart Simon N.1123031,Symes Andy2,Tierney Megan1,Tyrrell Tristan D.1,Vié Jean-Christophe32,Watson Reg24

Affiliation:

1. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.

2. BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court, Cambridge CB3 0NA, UK.

3. Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.

4. Statistics Netherlands, Post Office Box 24500, The Hague, 2490 HA, Netherlands.

5. Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 340 Chapman Hall, CB 3300, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

6. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Conservation International Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.

7. United Nations Environment Programme, Global Environment Monitoring System—Water, c/o National Water Research Institute, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario L7R 4A6, Canada.

8. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Conservation International, Biodiversity Assessment Unit, c/o Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA.

9. Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153, Rome, Italy.

10. Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.

11. European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, TP290, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra (VA), Italy.

12. Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA.

13. Global Footprint Network, 312 Clay Street, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94607–3510, USA.

14. Environmental Sciences Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.

15. Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Via Curtatone 3, I-00185 Rome, Italy.

16. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy SG19 2DL, UK, and European Bird Census Council.

17. School of Integrative Systems, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Qld 4067, Australia.

18. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.

19. National Center for Atmospheric Research, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301, USA.

20. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.

21. South African National Parks, Centre for Invasion Biology and Global Invasive Species Programme, Post Office Box 216, Steenberg 7947, South Africa.

22. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris, France.

23. TRAFFIC International, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.

24. Sea Around Us Project, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada.

25. National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 065, India.

26. The Nature Conservancy, 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203, USA.

27. U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 12100 Beech Forest Road, Laurel, MD 20708–4039, USA.

28. American Bird Conservancy, 1731 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20009, USA.

29. Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.

30. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.

31. Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort, Post Office Box 45553, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

32. IUCN, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.

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) analyzed over 30 indicators developed within the CBD's framework. These indicators include the condition or state of biodiversity (e.g., species numbers, population sizes), the pressures on biodiversity (e.g., deforestation), and the responses to maintain biodiversity (e.g., protected areas) and were assessed between about 1970 and 2005. Taken together, the results confirm that we have indeed failed to meet the 2010 targets.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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