World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss

2010 BIP paper provides proof that the 2010 biodiversity target will not be met!

Posted: 29 April 2010

World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These finding are the result of a new 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010 BIP) paper published in leading journal Science and represent the first assessment of how targets made through the 2002 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have not been met.

Compiling over 30 indicators – measures of different aspects of biodiversity, including changes in species’ populations and risk of extinction, habitat extent and community composition – the 2010 BIP found no evidence for a significant reduction in the rate of decline of biodiversity, and that the pressures facing biodiversity continue to increase. The synthesis provides overwhelming evidence that the 2010 target has not been achieved. Read more at this link http://www.twentyten.net/news/2010bipprovidesproof


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