title: Antarctica and the strategic plan for biodiversity.
abstract: The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, adopted under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, provides the basis for taking effective action to curb biodiversity loss across the planet by 2020-an urgent imperative. Yet, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, which encompass 10% of the planet's surface, are excluded from assessments of progress against the Strategic Plan. The situation is a lost opportunity for biodiversity conservation globally. We provide such an assessment. Our evidence suggests, surprisingly, that for a region so remote and apparently pristine as the Antarctic, the biodiversity outlook is similar to that for the rest of the planet. Promisingly, however, much scope for remedial action exists.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chown
authors.affiliation: School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
authors.forename: Cassandra M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: Aleks
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terauds
authors.affiliation: Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM), Département de Biologie Polaire, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.|Université de Strasbourg (UdS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) UMR 7178, Strasbourg, France.|Laboratoire International Associé LIA 647 BioSensib (CSM-CNRS-UdS), Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Bohec
authors.affiliation: Direction des Affaires Internationales, Département des Relations Extérieures et de la Coopération, Ministère d'État, Gouvernement Princier, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Klaveren-Impagliazzo
authors.affiliation: Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM), Département de Biologie Polaire, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.|Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Jason D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Whittington
authors.affiliation: BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom.|Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Stuart H M
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Butchart
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Bernard W T
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Coetzee
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Collen
authors.affiliation: British Antarctic Survey, NERC, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Convey
authors.affiliation: Environment & Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Gaston
authors.affiliation: Antarctica New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.affiliation: Polar Knowledge Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.affiliation: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Höft
authors.affiliation: Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.affiliation: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Mahlon C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kennicutt
authors.affiliation: Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM), Département de Biologie Polaire, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
authors.forename: Hannah J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kriesell
authors.affiliation: Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM), Département de Biologie Polaire, Monaco, Principality of Monaco.|Université de Strasbourg (UdS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) UMR 7178, Strasbourg, France.|Laboratoire International Associé LIA 647 BioSensib (CSM-CNRS-UdS), Monaco, Principality of Monaco.
authors.forename: Yvon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Le Maho
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Heather J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.affiliation: Sea Around Us, Global Fisheries Cluster, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palomares
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puig-Marcó
authors.affiliation: Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, Concordia University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stoett
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Melodie A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McGeoch
mesh_terms: D000864:Antarctic Regions; D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*