Pereira Henrique M, David Cooper H
Departamento de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2006 Mar;21(3):123-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.10.015. Epub 2005 Nov 11.
Governments have set the ambitious target of reducing biodiversity loss by the year 2010. The scientific community now faces the challenge of assessing the progress made towards this target and beyond. Here, we review current monitoring efforts and propose a global biodiversity monitoring network to complement and enhance these efforts. The network would develop a global sampling programme for indicator taxa (we suggest birds and vascular plants) and would integrate regional sampling programmes for taxa that are locally relevant to the monitoring of biodiversity change. The network would also promote the development of comparable maps of global land cover at regular time intervals. The extent and condition of specific habitat types, such as wetlands and coral reefs, would be monitored based on regional programmes. The data would then be integrated with other environmental and socioeconomic indicators to design responses to reduce biodiversity loss.
各国政府已设定了到2010年减少生物多样性丧失的宏伟目标。科学界目前面临着评估在实现这一目标及其他方面所取得进展的挑战。在此，我们回顾了当前的监测工作，并提出了一个全球生物多样性监测网络，以补充和加强这些工作。该网络将制定一个针对指示性分类群（我们建议选择鸟类和维管植物）的全球采样计划，并将整合与当地生物多样性变化监测相关的分类群的区域采样计划。该网络还将推动定期制作可比的全球土地覆盖图。将根据区域计划监测特定栖息地类型（如湿地和珊瑚礁）的范围和状况。然后，这些数据将与其他环境和社会经济指标相结合，以制定应对措施来减少生物多样性丧失。
