Sufficiency and Suitability of Global Biodiversity Indicators for Monitoring Progress to 2020 Targets

Conservation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 489-494

  Mcowen, Chris J ^a   Ivory, Sarah ^a   Dixon, Matthew J R ^b   Regan, Eugenie C ^c   Obrecht, Andreas ^d   Tittensor, Derek P ^a,e   Teller, Anne ^f   Chenery, Anna M ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c The Biodiversity Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^d Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aichi Targets; biodiversity; biodiversity indicators partnership; conservation; convention on biological diversity; indicators; strategic plan

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001950297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12329     Document Type: Note

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