Biodiversity indicators need to be fit for purpose

摘要: Background The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) estimates that roughly 22,000 species worldwide are threatened with extinction (IUCN 2014). This number is predicted to increase due the impacts human activities (Sala et al. 2000), but also as more described and have their risk assessed. As a consequence species, intergovernmental policies agreements been developed conserve biological diversity, including Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which has three main objectives: (1) conservation diversity; (2) sustainable use components (3) fair equitable sharing benefits arising out utilization genetic resources (Convention 2003).