Biodiversity organisations and measuring systems
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- Biodiversity organisations and measuring systems
- The Ecological footprint
- A measure of human impact on the environment
- The Living Planet Index
- Measures the populations of representative species
- Looks at forest, freshwater and marine ecosystems
- Measures the populations of representative species
- The Ramsar Convention
- Aims to protect wetlands
- The World Heritage Convention
- Chooses cultural and natural sites to protect
- The Millennium ecosystem assessment MEA
- Assesses the consequences of ecosystem change on people and the actions needed to sustain them
- The Red list of endangered species
- Categorises species by how at risk they are
- The ecosystem scorecard
- Measures the ability of ecosystems to produce goods and services
- The Ecological footprint
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