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Read more about the article Biodiversity declines continue globally
A conservation success. Populations of the European bison, Bison bonasus, are now increasing due to successful intensive conservation action. (Photo: Tim Blackburn)
2010 / Highlighted papers

Biodiversity declines continue globally

C·I·B core team member Prof. Melodie McGeoch and C·I·B post-doc Dr Dian Spear were co-authors of a recent report in Science that has received substantial global press coverage. The study synthesises the outcomes of global indicators of biodiversity threat to establish whether or not nations have honoured their commitment to reducing biodiversity loss.

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4 May 2010
Read more about the article Getting a handle on biological invasions around the world — the species, the impacts and the responses
Examples of Critically Endangered birds threatened by IAS include (from left to right): the Juan Fernández Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis) threatened by a range of introduced plant and animal IAS on Isla Robinson Crusoe, Juan Fernÿndez Islands, Chile (Credit: Rare Birds Yearbook/Peter Hodum); the Polynesian Ground-dove (Gallicolumba erythroptera) threatened by cats and rats on islands in French Polynesia (Credit: Rare Birds Yearbook/Pete Morris); the Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), threatened by introduced disease-carrying mosquitoes on Maui, Hawaii (Credit: Rare Birds Yearbook/Aaron French). (Cover design: K. Coombe-Davis).
2010 / Highlighted papers

Getting a handle on biological invasions around the world — the species, the impacts and the responses

Invasive alien species are generally accepted as being one of the top three threats to biodiversity worldwide, but until now there has been no metric for assessing the magnitude problem globally, its impact and our responses to it.

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5 February 2010