Ecosystem services, targets, and indicators for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2011
Abstract
After the collective failure to achieve the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD's) 2010 target to substantially reduce biodiversity losses, the CBD adopted a plan composed of five strategic goals and 20 "SMART" (Specific, Measurable, Ambitious, Realistic, and Time-bound) targets, to be achieved by 2020. Here, an interdisciplinary group of scientists from DIVERSITAS - an international program that focuses on biodiversity science - evaluates these targets and considers the implications of an ecosystem-services-based approach for their implementation. We describe the functional differences between the targets corresponding to distinct strategic goals and identify the interdependency between targets. We then discuss the implications for supporting research and target indicators, and make several specific suggestions for target implementation. © The Ecological Society of America.
Identifier
80555146647 (Scopus)
Publication Title
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
External Full Text Location
https://doi.org/10.1890/100212
e-ISSN
15409309
ISSN
15409295
First Page
512
Last Page
520
Issue
9
Volume
9
Grant
SAH01001
Fund Ref
Natural Environment Research Council
Recommended Citation
Perrings, Charles; Naeem, Shahid; Ahrestani, Farshid S.; Bunker, Daniel E.; Burkill, Peter; Canziani, Graciela; Elmqvist, Thomas; Fuhrman, Jed A.; Jaksic, Fabian M.; Kawabata, Zen'ichiro; Kinzig, Ann; Mace, Georgina M.; Mooney, Harold; Prieur-Richard, Anne Hélène; Tschirhart, John; and Weisser, Wolfgang, "Ecosystem services, targets, and indicators for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity" (2011). Faculty Publications. 11120.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/11120
