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Guide to the Global Biodiversity outlook for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the Occasion of SIDS Day, 10 May 2010, During the 18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Land
Biodiversity

    Today, May 10th, in addition to being SIDS Day, coincides with the release, in Nairobi, Kenya, of the third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3). This major new assessment of the current state of biodiversity and the implications of its...

    Global Biodiversity outlook 3

    Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
    Coastal and Marine
    Land

      Species which have been assessed for extinction risk are on average moving closer to extinction. Amphibians face the greatest risk and coral species are deteriorating most rapidly in status. Nearly a quarter of plant species are estimated to be...