The development of the Streamlining European Biodiversity Indicators 2010 (SEBI 2010) indicator set is described and critically reviewed for coverage and gaps. The indicator set is tested for historical background that would support trend analysis and found to be sensible, but the deficiency of direct biodiversity measurement rather than pressures on biodiversity is problematic.
1. Recent political agreements mandate that the current rate of biodiversity loss is reduced by 2010 (the 2010 target). In Europe one of the 26 indicators given for this assessment is butterfly biodiversity which therefore requires butterfly biodiversity to be measured. Feest et al. (2010) advocates that this can be done using the concept of “Biodiversity Quality”.
Biodiversity is de?ned in the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD 1992) as:
Please find below a summary of our latest publications:
A. Feest (2010). Biodiversity Beyond 2010. IEEM In Practice. Pages 5-8
Introduction
Measuring Biodiversity
Biodiversity has been defined (CBD 1992, Article 2) as:
“the variability among living organisms from all sources including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems, and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems”.