Birds as biodiversity indicators for Europe |
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| Authors: | Dr Richard Gregory |
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| Affiliation: | Head of monitoring and survey and conservation science at the RSPB, based at Sandy in Bedfordshire. He oversees a range of bird monitoring projects and analyses including the annual status report, 'the state of the UK's birds'. He is also Chairman of the European Bird Census Council. |
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| Abstract: | It is a truism that biodiversity is vital. It is, after all, a measure of life on earth. It is of more pressing concern that biodiversity is being lost at a rate unprecedented in the recent era, and will continue to be lost unless action is taken. There is species loss and habitat loss across ecosystems from the Arctic icecap to tropical rainforest: the so-called Fifth Great Extinction of species really does seem to be happening. Richard Gregory looks at the role birds can play in measuring biodiversity. |
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