Living Planet Index

The Living Planet Index (LPI ) is an indicator of the state of global biodiversity. It is based on trends of the global population of vertebrate species. WWF is working with the Institute of Zoology ( IOZ ), the research department of the Zoological Society of London ( ZSL ) to develop the project, begun in 1997 continued. The idea of ​​the LPI is from the WWF and UNEP - WCMC to implement biodiversity as a measurable quantity in the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP.

The aim of the network is to the species groups to expand invertebrates and plants. The available data for some regions to be improved.