Biodiversity: past & future trends and strategies to halt its loss Event
For more information regarding this event, please telephone Kim Lipscombe on 02380 59 7747 or email K.R.Lipscombe@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Continued loss of biodiversity and the goods and services it provides has led to the adoption of numerous international agreements to halt biodiversity loss. I will review progress towards the internationally-agreed 2020 Aichi biodiversity targets, and present projections of indicators to 2020 to assess whether which targets we are likely to meet by 2020. Further I will focus on one conservation strategy, protected areas, and present analyses of their effectiveness in preventing conversion of habitats and loss of species.
- Review of current progress towards meeting internationally-agreed biodiversity targets
- Assessment of likelihood of meeting biodiversity targets by 2020
- Analyses of protected area effectiveness in conserving habitats and species
Speaker information
Jörn P W Scharlemann PhD,School of Life Sciences,University of Sussex