The Museum has developed the Biodiversity Trends Explorer (BTE) as a tool to help track biodiversity change.
The BTE supports policymakers, evidence builders and scientific advisors to make better decisions around biodiversity using robust scientific data developed by the Natural History Museum. This digital tool makes it easy for experts to find, explore, understand and access data on the Museum's biodiversity indicators.
By making the indicators more accessible, the BTE highlights biodiversity change and the impact of the factors that drive it. This tool will enable decision-makers to preserve biodiversity better and work towards bending the curve of biodiversity loss. It will tell the story of the past and present state of biodiversity and predict the impact of future decisions.
Why are biodiversity indicators important?
Earth is changing quickly in response to human activities. Biodiversity loss is one of the clearest warning signs that we are facing a planetary emergency.
Biodiversity indicators are essential tools for understanding, monitoring and communicating biodiversity changes and tracking our progress towards UN development goals, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Biodiversity Intactness Index
One way to measure biodiversity change is using the Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII), produced by the PREDICTS team at the Natural History Museum.
Learn about the Biodiversity Intactness Index
The Biodiversity Intactness Index estimates how much, on average, of a region’s natural biodiversity is still left.
Explore the data
View and download the BII data to see past, current and future biodiversity changes for a particular area.