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Biodiversity barometers

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The Red List Index is a new indicator of species' extinction risk. It will make a major contribution in measuring the success of an internationally agreed aim to slow biodiversity loss by 2010.

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Figure 1: In decline: a female large green pigeon (Treron capellei), Perak State, Malaysia.

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