Global target to reduce biodiversity loss missed

摘要

The International Year of Biodiversity 2010 was supposed to be marked by a significant cut in the rate of biodiversity loss. But the global target has not been met.rnWorld governments have failed to stem the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. Instead, pressures on biodiversity are increasing.rnThe 2010 target was agreed eight years ago by the Convention on Biological Diversity's 193 parties.