How the Biodiversity Trends Explorer works:
- About the Biodiversity Intactness Index
- Assumptions and limitations
- Calculating uncertainty
- External data sets
- Using the Biodiversity Intactness Index in policy
Using the Biodiversity Intactness Index in policy
Biodiversity indicators are important tools for summarising and communicating complex biodiversity data.
The BII can be used to:
- understand the biodiversity status of a region
- track biodiversity trends around the world
- compare biodiversity intactness status and trends in a way that is fair to all countries
- track progress towards biodiversity targets
- test the likely impact of specific policies aimed at increasing biodiversity
- explore biodiversity changes under a range of future scenarios
