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Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss

Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss
Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss
The target adopted by world leaders of significantly reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 was not met but this stimulated a new suite of biodiversity targets for 2020 adopted by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in October 2010. Indicators will be essential for monitoring progress towards these targets and the CBD will be defining a suite of relevant indicators, building on those developed for the 2010 target. Here we argue that explicitly linked sets of indicators offer a more useful framework than do individual indicators because the former are easier to understand, communicate and interpret to guide policy. A Response-Pressure-State-Benefit framework for structuring and linking indicators facilitates an understanding of the relationships between policy actions, anthropogenic threats, the status of biodiversity and the benefits that people derive from it. Such an approach is appropriate at global, regional, national and local scales but for many systems it is easier to demonstrate causal linkages and use them to aid decision making at national and local scales. We outline examples of linked indicator sets for humid tropical forests and marine fisheries as illustrations of the concept and conclude that much work remains to be done in developing both the indicators and the causal links between them.
2010 target, CBD, Convention on Biological Diversity, ecosystem services, humid tropical forest, marine fisheries, response
0030-6053
411-419
Sparks, Tim H.
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Butchart, Stuart H.M.
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Balmford, Andrew
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Bennun, Leon
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Stanwell-Smith, Damon
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Walpole, Matt
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Bates, Nicholas R.
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Bomhard, Bastian
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Buchanan, Graeme M.
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Chenery, Anna M.
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Collen, Ben
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Csirke, Jorge
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Diaz, Robert J.
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Dulvy, Nicholas K.
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Fitzgerald, Claire
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Kapos, Valerie
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Mayaux, Philippe
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Tierney, Megan
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Waycott, Michelle
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Wood, Louisa
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Green, Rhys E.
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Sparks, Tim H.
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Balmford, Andrew
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Bennun, Leon
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Stanwell-Smith, Damon
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Walpole, Matt
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Bates, Nicholas R.
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Bomhard, Bastian
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Buchanan, Graeme M.
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Chenery, Anna M.
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Collen, Ben
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Csirke, Jorge
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Diaz, Robert J.
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Dulvy, Nicholas K.
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Fitzgerald, Claire
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Kapos, Valerie
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Mayaux, Philippe
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Tierney, Megan
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Waycott, Michelle
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Wood, Louisa
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Green, Rhys E.
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Sparks, Tim H., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Balmford, Andrew, Bennun, Leon, Stanwell-Smith, Damon, Walpole, Matt, Bates, Nicholas R., Bomhard, Bastian, Buchanan, Graeme M., Chenery, Anna M., Collen, Ben, Csirke, Jorge, Diaz, Robert J., Dulvy, Nicholas K., Fitzgerald, Claire, Kapos, Valerie, Mayaux, Philippe, Tierney, Megan, Waycott, Michelle, Wood, Louisa and Green, Rhys E. (2011) Linked indicator sets for addressing biodiversity loss. Oryx, 45 (3), 411-419. (doi:10.1017/S003060531100024X).

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Abstract

The target adopted by world leaders of significantly reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 was not met but this stimulated a new suite of biodiversity targets for 2020 adopted by the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in October 2010. Indicators will be essential for monitoring progress towards these targets and the CBD will be defining a suite of relevant indicators, building on those developed for the 2010 target. Here we argue that explicitly linked sets of indicators offer a more useful framework than do individual indicators because the former are easier to understand, communicate and interpret to guide policy. A Response-Pressure-State-Benefit framework for structuring and linking indicators facilitates an understanding of the relationships between policy actions, anthropogenic threats, the status of biodiversity and the benefits that people derive from it. Such an approach is appropriate at global, regional, national and local scales but for many systems it is easier to demonstrate causal linkages and use them to aid decision making at national and local scales. We outline examples of linked indicator sets for humid tropical forests and marine fisheries as illustrations of the concept and conclude that much work remains to be done in developing both the indicators and the causal links between them.

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Published date: July 2011
Keywords: 2010 target, CBD, Convention on Biological Diversity, ecosystem services, humid tropical forest, marine fisheries, response
Organisations: Ocean Biochemistry & Ecosystems

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Local EPrints ID: 357326
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/357326
ISSN: 0030-6053
PURE UUID: d8364c97-83e0-4bfa-aa25-e84acbf95d50

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Date deposited: 24 Sep 2013 10:55
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 14:58

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Author: Tim H. Sparks
Author: Stuart H.M. Butchart
Author: Andrew Balmford
Author: Leon Bennun
Author: Damon Stanwell-Smith
Author: Matt Walpole
Author: Bastian Bomhard
Author: Graeme M. Buchanan
Author: Anna M. Chenery
Author: Ben Collen
Author: Jorge Csirke
Author: Robert J. Diaz
Author: Nicholas K. Dulvy
Author: Claire Fitzgerald
Author: Valerie Kapos
Author: Philippe Mayaux
Author: Megan Tierney
Author: Michelle Waycott
Author: Louisa Wood
Author: Rhys E. Green

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