This article was published in January 2016 in the Biological Conservation journal.
It présents the results of a new indicator’s development and use, the Wetlands Extents Trend (WTE), in order to estimate the evolution tendancies of wetlands at a global scale. It is based on the Living Planet Index (LPI) that is already used to evaluate the conservation status of vertebrate species.
You can access the article on the publisher’s website, as well as its abstract, through the opposite link.
Photo: Vic coastal lagoon, France (© Plan Bleu)