Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines. Butchart, S. H. M., Walpole, M., Collen, B., van Strien , A., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Almond, R. E. A., Baillie, J. E. M., Bomhard, B., Brown, C., Bruno, J., Carpenter, K. E., Carr, G. M., Chanson, J., Chenery, A. M., Csirke, J., Davidson, N. C., Dentener, F., Foster, M., Galli, A., Galloway, J. N., Genovesi, P., Gregory, R. D., Hockings, M., Kapos, V., Lamarque, J., Leverington, F., Loh, J., McGeoch, M. A., McRae, L., Minasyan, A., Morcillo, M. H., Oldfield, T. E. E., Pauly, D., Quader, S., Revenga, C., Sauer, J. R., Skolnik, B., Spear, D., Stanwell-Smith, D., Stuart, S. N., Symes, A., Tierney, M., Tyrrell, T. D., Vié, J., & Watson, R. Science, 328(5982):1164–1168, May, 2010.
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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' 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. Despite some local successes and increasing responses (including extent and biodiversity coverage of protected areas, sustainable forest management, policy responses to invasive alien species, and biodiversity-related aid), the rate of biodiversity loss does not appear to be slowing.
@article{butchartGlobalBiodiversityIndicators2010,
  title = {Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines},
  author = {Butchart, Stuart H. M. and Walpole, Matt and Collen, Ben and {van Strien}, Arco and Scharlemann, J{\"o}rn P. W. and Almond, Rosamunde E. A. and Baillie, Jonathan E. M. and Bomhard, Bastian and Brown, Claire and Bruno, John and Carpenter, Kent E. and Carr, Genevi{\`e}ve M. and Chanson, Janice and Chenery, Anna M. and Csirke, Jorge and Davidson, Nick C. and Dentener, Frank and Foster, Matt and Galli, Alessandro and Galloway, James N. and Genovesi, Piero and Gregory, Richard D. and Hockings, Marc and Kapos, Valerie and Lamarque, Jean-Francois and Leverington, Fiona and Loh, Jonathan and McGeoch, Melodie A. and McRae, Louise and Minasyan, Anahit and Morcillo, Monica H. and Oldfield, Thomasina E. E. and Pauly, Daniel and Quader, Suhel and Revenga, Carmen and Sauer, John R. and Skolnik, Benjamin and Spear, Dian and {Stanwell-Smith}, Damon and Stuart, Simon N. and Symes, Andy and Tierney, Megan and Tyrrell, Tristan D. and Vi{\'e}, Jean-Christophe and Watson, Reg},
  year = {2010},
  month = may,
  volume = {328},
  pages = {1164--1168},
  issn = {1095-9203},
  doi = {10.1126/science.1187512},
  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' 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. Despite some local successes and increasing responses (including extent and biodiversity coverage of protected areas, sustainable forest management, policy responses to invasive alien species, and biodiversity-related aid), the rate of biodiversity loss does not appear to be slowing.},
  journal = {Science},
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  lccn = {INRMM-MiD:c-7557349},
  number = {5982}
}

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