Biodiversity indicators for policy-makers

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Non IUCN Publication

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Imprint:

Washington, DC : World Resources Institute, 1993

Physical Description:

vii, 42p. : ill.

Publication Year:

1993

ISBN:

1-56973-000-8

Notes:

A contribution to the WRI/IUCN/UNEP Global Biodiversity Strategy. Includes bibliographic references. This paper sets out a framework for assessing conditions and trends in biodiversity at local, national, regional and global levels. The paper reviews the role that indicators play and outlines what needs to be measured. A set of 22 indicators is presented, organized in 3 categories: indicators used to measure wild species, indicators used to measure diversity and indicators used to assess domesticated species (crops and livestock).